Highlights
- Maharashtra is the worst affected state by COVID-19: Centre
- Measures similar to evening curfews, weekend lockdowns have low impact: Centre
- Maharashtra presently has over 1.31 lakh COVID-19 instances
New Delhi: Maharashtra is at first of the second COVID-19 wave, a central staff report has mentioned, highlighting that there’s very restricted energetic effort to trace, take a look at, isolate instances and quarantine contacts, and there’s no adherence to COVID applicable behaviour amongst individuals in rural and concrete areas. Based mostly on the central staff report, Union Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to the Maharashtra authorities, stating “measures similar to evening curfews, weekend lockdowns and many others. have very restricted impression on containing/suppressing the transmission” and urged the state to give attention to strict containment methods, strengthening surveillance and augmenting testing.
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In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, Mr. Bhushan mentioned although the well being infrastructure is sufficient as of now, the “state ought to plan for a worse-case state of affairs with enough lead time”. The central staff which visited the state from March 7-11 inferred in its report that the executive mechanism ought to be re-instated to the extent witnessed in August-September 2020 to comprise/supress COVID transmission.
ln all of the districts visited by the central staff, the take a look at positivity price was excessive, starting from 51 per cent in Mumbai to 30 per cent in Aurangabad, implying that there are lot many instances that aren’t being examined and there may be excessive transmission locally, the report underlined.
ln view of restricted contact tracing, a big pool of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals amongst contacts usually are not tracked and examined, the report mentioned and harassed that testing should be significantly enhanced and protocol laid down by ICMR adopted.
The absence of rigorous tracing, testing and containment is resulting in sustained neighborhood transmission. The case-contact ratio is greater than 1:20. Although it seems excessive, a deep dive into the methodology of contact tracing revealed that the principle idea of contact tracing was not clearly understood by discipline stage workers, who have been primarily itemizing the rapid household and neighborhood contacts, for the sake of itemizing. The high-risk contacts in office settings, social settings and household settings weren’t investigated and listed, the report highlighted.
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The report acknowledged that the present case fatality was discovered to be very excessive amongst admitted instances in Authorities Medical School in Aurangabad and in Vasant Rao Pawar Medical School, Nashik which must be investigated intimately, together with sending samples for entire genome sequencing, it mentioned.
Referring to the findings of the staff, Mr. Bhushan mentioned that containment technique must be re-introduced, containment zones should be higher outlined based mostly on contact itemizing, digital mapping of instances and contacts and ought to be a lot bigger to incorporate the world of affect of instances/ contacts.
The buffer zones must be delineated. The perimeter management must be strictly enforced. For every containment zone, the Speedy Response Groups ought to develop an operational plan, he mentioned.
Mr. Bhushan additionally harassed on augmenting testing to convey the take a look at positivity price to lower than 5 per cent and strengthening surveillance by energetic home to accommodate seek for energetic instances/contacts in containment zones (as per the containment plan). Additional, passive surveillance for ILI and SARI should be enhanced by well being establishments,and involvement of personal practitioners.
The Incident Command below the management of district collector and municipal commissioner ought to be actively re-instated with entire of presidency method to comprise/ suppress the transmission. This ought to be monitored on the highest stage, Mr. Bhushan mentioned.
For each optimistic case, at the least 20 to 30 shut contacts (together with household contacts, social contacts’ office contacts and different informal contacts) must be promptly traced and tracked and the follow of isolating 80-85 pre cent of energetic instances stored in house isolation must be reviewed, he mentioned within the letter.
Vaccine hesitancy amongst frontline employees must be addressed as their companies can be required if the trajectory follows the upward swing as is being witnessed now. The state must also expedite vaccinating these with co-morbidities and aged, Mr. Bhushan acknowledged.
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World
12,02,11,592Instances
4,93,75,113Energetic
6,81,76,435Recovered
26,60,044Deaths
Coronavirus has unfold to 192 nations. The whole confirmed instances worldwide are 12,02,11,592 and 26,60,044 have died; 4,93,75,113 are energetic instances and 6,81,76,435 have recovered as on March 16, 2021 at 3:44 am.
India
1,14,09,831 24492Instances
2,23,432 4170Energetic
1,10,27,543 20191Recovered
1,58,856 131Deaths
In India, there are 1,14,09,831 confirmed instances together with 1,58,856 deaths. The variety of energetic instances is 2,23,432 and 1,10,27,543 have recovered as on March 16, 2021 at 2:30 am.
State & District Particulars
| State | Instances | Energetic | Recovered | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra
DistrictInstances Mumbai45,478 Thane13,660 Pune9,920 Mumbai Suburban5,363 Aurangabad1,974 Nashik1,575 Raigad1,462 Palghar1,421 Solapur1,291 Jalgaon1,039 Akola757 Nagpur692 Kolhapur646 Satara629 Ratnagiri350 Amravati291 Dhule228 Hingoli208 Jalna201 Ahmednagar190 Nanded176 Yavatmal150 Sangli145 Latur139 Osmanabad125 Sindhudurg114 Buldhana88 Parbhani78 gondia69 Beed54 Nandurbar42 Gadchiroli42 Bhandara41 Chandrapur32 Washim13 Wardha11 |
23,29,464 15,051 |
1,31,812 4,332 |
21,44,743 10,671 |
52,909 48 |
| Kerala
DistrictInstances Kannur357 Kasaragod333 Palakkad224 Malappuram119 Kollam118 Thrissur106 Thiruvananthapuram104 Pathanamthitta98 Kozhikode90 Alappuzha76 Kottayam73 Ernakulam60 Idukki40 Wayanad36 |
10,92,324 1,054 |
27,357 2,420 |
10,60,560 3,463 |
4,407 11 |
| Karnataka
DistrictInstances Udupi1,176 Kalaburagi669 Yadgir538 Bengaluru City529 Raichur369 Mandya346 Belagavi337 Bidar219 Hassan205 Davangere204 Vijayapura201 Dakshina Kannada179 Chikkaballapura149 Mysuru107 Bagalkote103 Uttara Kannada95 Shivamogga67 Dharwad61 Ballari60 Gadag45 Bengaluru Rural40 Tumakuru36 Kolar29 Haveri24 Chikkamagaluru19 Chitradurga14 Koppal5 Kodagu4 Ramanagara3 Chamarajanagara0 |
9,61,204 932 |
8,879 496 |
9,39,928 429 |
12,397 7 |
| Andhra Pradesh
DistrictInstances Kurnool795 Krishna557 Guntur511 Anantapur428 East Godavari356 Chittoor319 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nell*296 Y.S.R.205 West Godavari199 Srikakulam183 Prakasam104 Visakhapatnam103 Vizianagaram23 |
8,92,008 147 |
1,443 43 |
8,83,380 103 |
7,185 1 |
| Tamil Nadu
DistrictInstances Chennai23,324 Chengalpattu1,314 Thiruvallur774 Villupuram509 Kanchipuram503 Tiruvannamalai496 Cuddalore477 Ariyalur444 Tirunelveli433 Tuticorin333 Kallakurichi324 Madurai322 Salem258 Coimbatore188 Virudhunagar185 Dindigul175 Perambalur133 Ranipet133 Thanjavur130 Theni129 Tiruchirappalli119 Ramanathapuram119 Tiruppur116 Kanniyakumari110 Tenkasi103 Nagapattinam99 Karur88 Namakkal83 Erode75 Vellore71 Thiruvarur67 Pudukkottai53 Sivaganga46 Tirupathur45 Krishnagiri43 The Nilgiris17 Dharmapuri15 |
8,60,562 836 |
5,149 279 |
8,42,862 553 |
12,551 4 |
| Delhi
DistrictInstances North West5,463 Central4,817 West4,768 New Delhi3,405 North3,059 East2,472 South East2,446 South West2,391 South2,329 North East1,914 Shahdara1,580 |
6,44,064 368 |
2,321 59 |
6,30,799 306 |
10,944 3 |
| Uttar Pradesh
DistrictInstances Gautam Buddha Nagar1,119 Agra933 Ghaziabad794 Meerut504 Lucknow386 Saharanpur298 Kanpur Nagar286 Moradabad252 Varanasi243 Hapur225 Aligarh215 Basti214 Amethi206 Rampur203 Jaunpur194 Firozabad190 Barabanki168 Gorakhpur166 Bulandshahr166 Siddharth Nagar159 Ghazipur159 Bijnor157 Deoria143 Azamgarh138 Sant Kabeer Nagar132 Mathura129 Ayodhya120 Muzaffarnagar117 Sambhal116 Sultanpur97 Ambedkar Nagar92 Maharajganj85 Amroha80 Rae Bareli78 Bahraich73 Kheri72 Kannauj69 Baghpat68 Kushi Nagar67 Bhadohi60 Ballia60 Gonda59 Etah52 Hardoi49 Balrampur49 Mau48 Mainpuri46 Etawah46 Hathras43 Unnao42 Jalaun41 Jhansi41 Shamli40 Chandauli38 Auraiya37 Farrukhabad36 Sitapur32 Prayagraj30 Banda27 Shahjahanpur25 Shravasti23 Budaun23 Mirzapur22 Bareilly17 Kasganj16 Pratapgarh15 Pilibhit15 Sonbhadra10 Kaushambi6 Kanpur Dehat4 Chitrakoot4 Lalitpur3 Hamirpur3 Mahoba3 Fatehpur3 |
6,05,441 151 |
1,838 13 |
5,94,855 162 |
8,748 2 |
| West Bengal
DistrictInstances Kolkata2,777 Howrah1,435 24 Paraganas North1,031 Hooghly604 24 Paraganas South281 Maldah235 Dinajpur Uttar216 Coochbehar210 Birbhum206 Medinipur West159 Medinipur East153 Nadia139 Purba Bardhaman130 Murshidabad125 Bankura116 Darjeeling97 Jalpaiguri88 Paschim Bardhaman70 Purulia66 Dinajpur Dakshin50 Alipurduar39 Kalimpong18 Jhargram9 |
5,78,598 251 |
3,147 4 |
5,65,156 244 |
10,295 3 |
| Odisha
DistrictInstances Ganjam581 Jajapur322 Khordha238 Baleshwar190 Kendrapara164 Cuttack155 Bhadrak137 Balangir129 Puri103 Sundargarh102 Jagatsinghapur91 Nayagarh86 Mayurbhanj73 Nuapada69 Gajapati61 Dhenkanal36 Boudh34 Kendujhar34 Deogarh33 Kalahandi33 Sonepur29 Kandhamal28 Anugul26 Malkangiri20 Bargarh16 Koraput16 Sambalpur16 Jharsuguda8 Nabarangpur2 Rayagada2 |
3,38,258 66 |
610 4 |
3,35,730 70 |
1,918 |
| Rajasthan
DistrictInstances Jaipur2,177 Jodhpur1,748 Udaipur724 Bharatpur563 Kota503 Nagaur500 Ajmer379 Dungarpur374 Pali352 Jhalawar329 Bhilwara250 Sikar231 Chittorgarh188 Tonk171 Jalore164 Rajsamand140 Sirohi130 Bikaner112 Banswara91 Alwar90 Churu81 Jhunjhunu64 Dausa61 Dholpur60 Baran59 Jaisalmer53 Barmer34 Hanumangarh31 SawaiMadhopur26 Karauli17 Pratapgarh14 Ganganagar8 Bundi5 |
3,23,220 251 |
2,572 119 |
3,17,858 132 |
2,790 |
| Chhattisgarh
DistrictInstances Bilaspur100 Korba100 Mungeli87 Baloda Bazar85 Jashpur77 Janjgir-Champa56 Mahasamund54 Rajnandgaon52 Kabirdham52 Raigarh47 Raipur46 Balod41 Korea39 Durg31 Bemetara21 Kanker19 Balrampur17 Surguja14 Gariyaband10 Surajpur9 Dhamtari6 Bijapur2 Bastar2 Dantewada0 Kondagaon0 Narayanpur0 Sukma0 |
3,17,974 645 |
4,098 92 |
3,09,979 546 |
3,897 7 |
| Telangana
DistrictInstances Hyderabad2,475 Ranga Reddy183 Suryapet87 Jagitial77 Nizamabad76 MedchalMalkajgiri75 Mancherial43 YadadriBhuvanagiri40 Jogulamba Gadwal40 Vikarabad40 Nalgonda33 Warangal City32 Mahabubnagar30 Sangareddy26 Khammam26 Adilabad22 Nirmal21 Karimnagar17 RajannaSircilla16 Medak11 Kamareddy11 Mahabubabad10 Jayashankar Bhupalapally9 Nagarkurnool8 Kumuram Bheem Asifabad8 Jangoan8 Siddipet7 Peddapalli5 Bhadradri Kothagudem5 Warangal Rural4 Mulugu3 Narayanpet3 Wanaparthy1 |
3,01,522 204 |
2,015 32 |
2,97,851 170 |
1,656 2 |
| Gujarat
DistrictInstances Ahmadabad17,125 Surat2,311 Vadodara1,555 Gandhinagar410 Mahesana159 Banas Kantha147 Bhavnagar146 Rajkot135 Arvalli134 Mahisagar125 Anand107 PanchMahals107 Patan105 SabarKantha101 Kachchh99 Kheda98 Jamnagar63 Bharuch56 Botad55 Surendranagar55 Valsad47 GirSomnath45 Dohad43 Chhotaudepur37 Naysari35 Junagadh31 Narmada25 DevbhumiDwarka22 Amreli16 Porbandar11 Tapi6 Dang5 Morbi4 |
2,79,097 890 |
4,717 295 |
2,69,955 594 |
4,425 1 |
| Haryana
DistrictInstances Gurugram2,950 Faridabad867 Sonipat404 Rohtak145 Palwal120 Jhajjar114 Karnal104 Hisar98 Ambala93 Panipat78 Nuh68 Bhiwani60 Rewari56 Kurukshetra55 Sirsa50 Kaithal48 Mahendragarh47 CharkiDadri43 Panchkula39 Fatehabad38 Jind38 Yamunanagar19 |
2,75,557 420 |
3,212 117 |
2,69,268 300 |
3,077 3 |
| Madhya Pradesh
DistrictInstances Indore3,839 Bhopal1,880 Ujjain799 Burhanpur351 Neemuch319 Jabalpur276 East Nimar266 Sagar228 Gwalior211 Khargone196 Dewas140 Dhar132 Mandsaur112 Morena109 Bhind87 Raisen71 Barwani60 Ratlam51 Rewa39 Shajapur39 Hoshangabad37 Vidisha37 Chhatarpur35 Betul35 Rajgarh31 Dindori29 Sheopur26 Damoh26 Satna24 Anuppur22 Panna20 Tikamgarh18 Sidhi17 Narsinghpur17 Chhindwara16 Agar Malwa15 Mandla15 Shivpuri15 Jhabua14 Shandol14 Singrauli13 Ashoknagar13 Datia12 Sehore12 Umaria10 Balaghat9 Guna8 Harda4 Alirajpur3 Katni3 Seoni2 Niwari0 |
2,69,391 797 |
5,024 284 |
2,60,477 510 |
3,890 3 |
| Bihar
DistrictInstances Patna279 Bhagalpur266 Rohtas256 Khagaria253 Begusarai243 Madhubani199 Munger188 Jehanabad178 Katihar175 Darbhanga143 Samastipur139 Siwan139 PurbiChamparan138 Purnia135 Banka134 Buxar134 Nalanda123 Gopalganj123 Nawada122 Sheikhpura118 Gaya115 Kaimur (bhabua)105 Bhojpur103 Saran101 Muzaffarpur96 Saharsa88 Supaul87 Vaishali87 Madhepura82 Kishanganj75 Aurangabad75 Sitamarhi73 Lakhisarai72 Araria68 Pashchim Champaran57 Arwal52 Jamui47 Sheohar20 |
2,63,051 26 |
328 10 |
2,61,171 35 |
1,552 1 |
| Assam
DistrictInstances Kamrup Metro276 Golaghat203 Nagaon143 Hojai89 Dima Hasao86 Karimganj85 Tinsukia84 Cachar80 Dibrugarh61 Hailakandi57 Lakhimpur57 Marigaon50 Dhemaji47 Kamrup42 Kokrajhar37 Dhubri30 Charaideo29 Barpeta28 Udalguri28 Sonitpur27 Jorhat24 Nalbari23 Darrang20 Sivasagar20 Goalpara19 Biswanath16 Baksa14 KarbiAnglong13 Bongaigaon12 Chirang6 West KarbiAnglong5 South SalmaraMancachar4 Majuli2 |
2,17,817 20 |
1,612 7 |
2,15,106 26 |
1,099 1 |
| Punjab
DistrictInstances Amritsar485 Jalandhar297 Ludhiana293 Tarn Taran163 Gurdaspur154 Hoshiarpur140 S.A.S Nagar137 Patiala132 Sangrur107 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr)99 Pathankot86 Rupnagar (Ropar)74 Faridkot74 Sri Muktsar Sahib71 Moga65 Bathinda60 Fatehgarh Sahib57 Fazilka53 Firozepur50 Kapurthala44 Mansa31 Barnala25 |
1,99,573 1,818 |
11,942 392 |
1,81,532 1,399 |
6,099 27 |
| Jammu And Kashmir
DistrictInstances Anantnag395 Srinagar300 Kulgam295 Baramulla271 Shopian255 Kupwara231 Bandipora175 Udhampur155 Ramban151 Jammu138 Budgam110 Pulwama108 Kathua53 Rajouri39 Ganderbal37 Poonch35 Doda27 Reasi26 Samba25 Kishtwar10 Mirpur0 Muzaffarabad0 |
1,27,734 94 |
937 17 |
1,24,823 77 |
1,974 |
| Jharkhand
DistrictInstances East Singhbum170 Ranchi148 Hazaribagh110 Garhwa80 Ramgarh75 Koderma58 Simdega48 Dhanbad32 Gumla28 Palamu27 West Singhbhum21 SaraikelaKharsawan20 Giridih19 Bokaro16 Latehar14 Khunti10 Lohardaga8 Deoghar5 Dumka5 Pakur4 Jamtara2 Godda2 Chatra1 Sahebganj0 |
1,20,695 67 |
556 8 |
1,19,046 59 |
1,093 |
| Uttarakhand
DistrictInstances Dehradun370 Nainital323 Tehri Garhwal110 Haridwar94 Udam Singh Nagar83 Almora71 Champawat45 Pithoragarh43 Chamoli36 PauriGarhwal36 Bageshwar31 Rudraprayag30 Uttar Kashi24 |
97,866 60 |
581 28 |
95,581 87 |
1,704 1 |
| Himachal Pradesh
DistrictInstances Hamirpur117 Kangra105 Una41 Solan32 Chamba29 Bilaspur21 Mandi21 Sirmaur11 Shimla10 Kullu4 Kinnaur2 Lahaul And Spiti0 |
59,750 75 |
757 3 |
57,983 74 |
1,010 4 |
| Goa
DistrictInstances South Goa69 North Goa57 |
56,006 89 |
775 26 |
54,424 62 |
807 1 |
| Puducherry
DistrictInstances Pondicherry111 Mahe4 Karaikal2 Yanam0 |
40,044 14 |
186 4 |
39,186 17 |
672 1 |
| Tripura
DistrictInstances Dhalai196 Sepahijala174 Gomati74 South Tripura53 Unakoti49 West Tripura45 Khowai24 North Tripura14 |
33,440 7 |
20 7 |
33,029 |
391 |
| Manipur
DistrictInstances Churachandpur32 Kangpokpi26 Imphal West21 Thoubal18 Imphal East10 Tengnoupal9 Bishnupur7 Senapati6 Chandel5 Kamjong5 Ukhrul4 Jiribam3 Pherzawl3 Kakching2 Tamenglong2 Noney1 |
29,313 |
24 2 |
28,916 2 |
373 |
| Chandigarh
DistrictInstances Chandigarh313 |
23,244 148 |
1,166 78 |
21,720 70 |
358 |
| Arunachal Pradesh
DistrictInstances Changlang31 Papum Pare8 Lohit3 Namsai2 West Siang1 East Siang1 Higher Siang1 Tawang1 PakkeKessang1 West Kameng0 Higher Subansiri0 Tirap0 Siang0 Shi Yomi0 Anjaw0 Decrease Subansiri0 Decrease Dibang Valley0 Longding0 Leparada0 KurungKumey0 KraDaadi0 Kamle0 East Kameng0 Dibang Valley0 Decrease Siang0 |
16,840 |
1 2 |
16,783 2 |
56 |
| Meghalaya
DistrictInstances East Khasi Hills22 West Garo Hills5 South West Garo Hills4 North Garo Hills1 West Jaintia Hills1 West Khasi Hills1 East Garo Hills0 East Jaintia Hills0 Ribhoi0 South Garo Hills0 South West Khasi Hills0 |
13,997 |
29 0 |
13,820 |
148 |
| Nagaland
DistrictInstances Dimapur20 Mon8 Kohima7 Kiphire3 Tuensang3 Peren2 Phek1 Longleng0 Mokokchung0 Wokha0 Zunheboto0 |
12,225 |
14 0 |
12,120 |
91 |
| Ladakh
DistrictInstances Kargil77 LehLadakh43 |
9,852 5 |
34 3 |
9,688 2 |
130 |
| Sikkim
DistrictInstances East District3 South District3 North District0 West District0 |
6,184 |
41 5 |
6,008 5 |
135 |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands
DistrictInstances South Andamans33 Nicobars1 North And Center Andaman1 |
5,031 |
3 2 |
4,966 2 |
62 |
| Mizoram
DistrictInstances Kolasib11 Aizawl10 Mamit8 Lawngtlai2 Lunglei2 Saitual1 Champhai0 Hnahthial0 Khawzawl0 Saiha0 Serchhip0 |
4,439 2 |
12 1 |
4,417 1 |
10 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli
DistrictInstances Dadra And Nagar Haveli20 |
3,440 2 |
31 0 |
3,407 2 |
2 |
| Lakshadweep
DistrictInstances Lakshadweep District0 |
606 2 |
189 14 |
416 16 |
1 |
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