After 62 days, again less than 7 lakh active cases; The positivity rate also decreased to 3.82%; 77.59 lakh cases so far

Posted on 23rd Oct 2020 by rohit kumar

Good news for all of us. In the country, the rate of corona's positivity rate is increasing continuously. It has fallen from 6.37% to 3.82% in the last 5 days. 14.69 lakh people were screened in 24 hours. Of these, 3.82% were found positive, while the rest were reported negative.

 

Meanwhile, after 62 days, once again the number of active cases (patients who are undergoing treatment) has come down by 7 lakhs. On August 21, there were 6.96 lakh active patients in the country. After this, it continued to increase. On September 17, it had risen to 10.17 lakhs. The month of October saw a decline in the number of active cases and now after 62 days, it has come down again to 6.94 lakhs.

 

Testing figures close to 10 million

 

The number of testing in the country has reached close to 100 million. So far, more than 9.90 crore people have been screened. Out of these, 77 lakh 59 thousand 252 people have been found infected. So far, 69 lakh 45 thousand 875 people have been cured. 1 lakh 17 thousand 330 people have died due to infection.

Corona - AIIMS director to spread rapidly like flu

Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, said that due to changes in the weather, corona can spread rapidly like the common flu. He said that flu and corona have symptoms of one kind. In such a time, rescue is very important. Regarding plasma therapy, Dr. Guleria said that it is too early to say anything immediately on the observation of ICMR. For this, more data needs to be studied.

 

Corona updates

 

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said that once the corona vaccine is available, it will be provided free of cost to all citizens of the state. In Bihar, the BJP has already announced a free vaccine in its election manifesto.

 

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has become Corona positive. Modi gave this information by tweeting on Thursday afternoon. Modi had been campaigning for the assembly elections continuously for the last few days. Apart from Modi, Shahnawaz Hussain and Rajiv Pratap Rudy have also become Corona positive.

 

After the data was stolen from the server, the pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has closed its plants worldwide. The company has drug plants in the US, UK, Brazil, Russia, and India. The company had received the trial of the Russian Corona vaccine a few days earlier. The Drug Controller General of India allowed Dr. Reddy's to conduct the second and third phase trials of the Russian vaccine Sputnik-V in the country.

 

Looking at the statistics, more than 85% of the people in the top-5 infected states of the country have been cured. Maximum Andhra Pradesh has recovered 95.09%, 93.15% in Tamil Nadu, and 91.91% in Uttar Pradesh. 86.50% in Maharashtra and 85.25% in Karnataka have been cured so far. The country's average recovery rate is 88.82%.

 

The death rate increased again in many countries of the world

 

Here, a second wave of corona has started in many countries of the world. Along with this, the pace of death has also increased in these countries. It is a matter of relief that in India, the pace of death has started slowing down. On average, 700-800 people are losing their lives every day due to infection. In August-September, this figure had increased from 1 thousand to 1100.

 

If you look at the figures, the number of people who lost their lives every day in the month of August-September in the US was reduced to 400-600. Which has once again increased to 700-800. Similarly, in Spain, 50-100 patients were losing their lives, where now 150 to 290 deaths have started. There have been more than 1.16 lakh deaths in India so far. In the last 24 hours, 703 people have lost their lives.

 

Situation of five states

 

1. Madhya Pradesh

 

The death toll from the corona in the state is 2842. 14 patients lost their lives within the last 24 hours. 1045 new patients were found and 1271 people recovered. The number of infected has now increased to 1 lakh 64 thousand 341. Of these, 12 thousand 146 patients are being treated, while 1 lakh 49 thousand 353 people have been cured.

 

2. Rajasthan

 

In the last 24 hours, 1822 people were found infected, 2654 people recovered and 12 patients died. So far 1 lakh 80 thousand 755 people have been found infected. Of these, 18 thousand 341 patients are currently being treated, while 1 lakh 60 thousand 614 people have been cured. The death toll from infection has now reached 1800.

 

3. Bihar

 

On Thursday, 1058 patients were found in the state and 985 people recovered. 7 patients died. With this, the number of infected people has now reached 2 lakh 9 thousand 296. It is a matter of relief that 1 lakh 97 thousand 193 people have been cured in these, while 11 thousand 76 patients are being treated. Corona has killed 1026 people so far.

 

4. Maharashtra

 

On Thursday, 7539 patients were found in the state and 16 thousand 177 people were recovered. 198 infected people died. So far 16 lakh 25 thousand 197 people have been found infected. Among them, one lakh 50 thousand 11 infected are still under treatment. 14 lakh 31 thousand 856 people have been cured. 42 thousand 831 people have lost their lives so far.

 

5. Uttar Pradesh

 

Corona report of 2383 people came positive on Thursday. 2581 people were recovered and 35 patients died. So far, 4 lakh 63 thousand 858 people have been found infected here. Of these, 29 thousand 131 patients are currently being treated, while 4 lakh 27 thousand 937 people have been cured. So far 6790 patients have died due to infection.