According to sources Union health ministry announced that a total of 3,390 COVID-19 cases and 103 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours till friday 8 am. The coronavirus cases tally in india stands at 56,342 and death toll at 1,886. When addressing a press conference at 4 pm, joint secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwal said India’s recovery rate stands at 29.36 per cent with 16,540 COVID-19 patients cured till now, including 1,273 who recovered in the last 24 hours.

 

Giving a district-wise situation, Agarwal said there are 216 districts in which no COVID-19 case has been reported till date. Forty-two districts have had no fresh cases in the last 28 days, there are 29 districts with no fresh cases in the last 21 days, 36 districts with no fresh cases in the last 14 days and 46 districts with no fresh cases in the last seven days. Furthermore when asked about AIIMS delhi director, Dr Randeep Guleria’s remarks citing data that the peak of the disease in india may be reached in june or July, Agarwal said, “If we follow dos and don'ts, we may not reach the peak in number of COVID-19 cases and our curve may remain flat.”

 

Agarwal also said that that the ICMR will conduct clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy in 21 hospitals. The hospitals where the trials will be conducted comprise five from maharashtra, four from gujarat, two each from rajasthan, tamil Nadu, madhya pradesh, up and one each from karnataka, chandigarh, punjab, Telangana. He said 3.2 per cent of total active COVID-19 cases are on oxygen support, 4.2 per cent in ICU and 1.1 per cent on ventilator. During the briefing, Agarwal also said the railways has converted 5,231 coaches into COVID Care Centres which will be placed at 215 identified railway stations and will be used for treatment of very mild and mild COVID19 patients.

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