New Delhi: While the possibility of a third wave of corona virus in the country is being taken seriously, the team of officials preparing the country’s COVID emergency strategy has told the central government that the number of daily cases of coronavirus is close to 50 thousand. The figure should not be exceeded. .
The team said that all steps need to be taken to prevent such a scenario.
Officials have estimated that 4 to 5 lakh cases may be reported daily during the third wave of COVID-19. In such a situation, there is a need to speed up the Kovid-19 vaccination campaign. Apart from this, there is a need to ensure adequate medical equipment in hospitals.
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The Kovid Group said that during the third wave, at least 2 lakh more beds will be needed in the country. In this, Uttar Pradesh will need the maximum number of beds (33 thousand). Then Maharashtra may require a lot more beds (17,865), followed by Bihar (17,480), West Bengal (14,173) and Madhya Pradesh (12,026).
Health Ministry’s Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal has ensured that under the new Kovid package, about 20 thousand new ICU beds will be prepared. Out of this, 20 percent beds will be pediatric beds. Pediatric unit will also be set up in every district.
Under this package, more than 8800 ambulances will be arranged separately. At present, the number of active cases of corona virus in the country is more than four lakhs. A total of 4 lakh 8 thousand people are still infected with the corona virus. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 3,13,32,000 people have been infected. Of these, more than 4,20,000 people have died.
The death rate from Kovid in the country is 1.34 percent while the recovery rate is more than 97 percent. Active cases are 1.30 percent. India ranks seventh in the world in terms of active cases. India is at number two in terms of the total number of infected. While India has the highest number of COVID deaths after the US and Brazil.
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