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Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 2,109; cases climb to 62,939
The recovery rate stands at about 30.75 per cent while the fatality rate is 3.3 per cent.A total 128 deaths were reported in the country since Saturday morning — 48 in Maharashtra, 23 in Gujarat, 15 in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in West Bengal, eight in Uttar Pradesh, five each in Rajasthan and Delhi, four in Tamil Nadu, three in Andhra Pradesh, two in Punjab and one each in Telangana, Haryana, Chandigarh and Assam.The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
300 emerging Covid-19 hotspots were detected by Aarogya Setu App : Niti Aayog CEO
Speaking to ANI, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said,”For instance, in Maharashtra, the engine identified over 60 hotspots across 18 districts. Across the nation, the engine predicted about 130 hotspots at the sub-post office level between April 13 to April 20.
PM Modi to interact with CMs tom at 3 pm to review phased exit from lockdown
This meeting is expected to discuss post-May 17 scenarios, especially when the number of Covid-19 positive cases has touched 63000. Active cases are now growing at 5.2 per cent and doubling every 13 days. However, one crucial positive development is that the average rate of recovery has reached 30 per cent.
WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing
The app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have COVID-19, the potentially lethal illness caused by the coronavirus, said Bernardo Mariano, chief information officer for the WHO. Other information, such as how to get tested, will be personalized according to the user’s country.
New York governor says 5-year old died from rare COVID-related complications
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York’s health department, which on Wednesday issued an advisory to healthcare providers about the so-called pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, were reviewing 73 cases with children showing similar symptoms across the state.
“While rare, we are seeing some cases where children affected with the COVID virus can become ill with symptoms similar to the Kawasaki disease or toxic shock-like syndrome that literally causes inflammation in their blood vessels,” the governor said.
Digital Health Platform:Turning Insurers into Preventers
The need for a single digital health platform to integrate the incoming data and create a personal health improvement journey for each member has never been stronger. Only then will health insurers be able to maximize the impact of their prevention efforts, translating to better health outcomes, improved member satisfaction, cost reductions and a transformed image as the member’s true health partner
Medics grapple with mental trauma on COVID-19 front line
“Burnout, anxiety, depression, or irritability or moral injury, those can easily happen to anyone when you’re exposed to these kinds of circumstances for an extended period of time,” said Major Olli Toukolehto, a psychiatrist at the U.S. military’s 531st Hospital Center who has been deployed to New York.
Psychiatrists at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City predict between 25%-40% of frontline healthcare workers and first responders in the United States may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their involvement in the outbreak.
People must learn to live with the virus, follow prevention guidelines:Govt
“And when we are talking about learning to live with the virus then it is very important that the guidelines that are there on saving oneself from the virus are adopted in the community as a behavioural change,” Agarwal said.
New chemical accident rules soon to prevent Vizag like accidents
A draft Cabinet note has been circulated and regulation would be in place after inter-ministerial discussion,
Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed – WHO
“The market played a role in the event, that’s clear. But what role we don’t know, whether it was the source or amplifying setting or just a coincidence that some cases were detected in and around that market,” said Dr Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on food safety and zoonotic viruses that cross the species barrier from animals to humans.