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New Delhi : The number of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) confirmed cases climbed to 7,447 in India at 5 pm on April 11, 2020, evening, while the death toll increased to 242 in the country including 110 in Maharashtra, 33 in Madhya Pradesh, 19 in Gujarat, and 13 in Delhi, 11 in Punjab, 8 in Tamilnadu, 7 in Telangana, and 6 each in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
An increase of 1,035 cases has been noted in COVID-19 confirmed cases in India since April 10, 2020, while an increase of 855 has been reported in number of Active Cases which has jumped to 6,634 in the country. As many as 652 patients have been cured /discharged.
Among the States and UTs, Maharashtra accounts for 1,574 active cases followed by 911 in Tamilnadu and 903 in Delhi. Rajasthan accounts for 553 active cases, Telangana 473, Madhya Pradesh (MP) 435, Uttar Pradesh 431, Kerala 364, Andhra Pradesh 363, Gujarat 308, Karnataka and J&K 207 each, Haryana 177, Punjab 132, West Bengal 116, Bihar 60, and Himachal Pradesh 28.
The Government of India, following a graded response approach, is ensuring that there is no shortage of supplies of critical items which include PPEs, N95 masks, testing kits, medicine, and ventilators with each State across the country. Government has been ensuring ramping up of Dedicated COVID-19 hospitals at both Centre and State level to take care of COVID patients.
Number of dedicated COVID facilities: 586
Isolation beds: 1,04, 613
ICU beds: 11, 836
Several Districts have been adopting innovative models for combating COVID-19. Agra in UP, where the fist cluster was detected, focused on cluster containment strategy as part of its COVID-19 management approach. The State, District administration and frontline workers coordinated their efforts by utilising their existing Smart City Integrated with Command and Control Centre (ICCC) as War Rooms. Under the cluster containment and outbreak containment plans, the District administration identified epicenters, delineated impact of positive confirmed cases on the map, and deployed special task force as per the micro plan made by the district administration.
The hotspots were managed through an active survey and containment plan. Area was identified within radius of 3 km from the epicenter while 5 km buffer zone was identified as the containment zone. In these containment zones, Urban Primary Health centers were roped in and 1,248 teams were deployed; each team had 2 workers including ANMs/ASHA/AWW reaching out to 9.3 lakh of people through household screening. Additionally, effective and early tracking of first contact tracing was thoroughly mapped. Apart from this, the focus was also on setting up isolation, testing and treatment facilities through an active Public-Private Partnership. While doing so, a constant focus by the District administration was on citizen awareness and engagement.
For reaching out to people, central helplines were established and a multifunctional team was setup for coordinating responses.The cluster containment strategy adopted by Agra is being shared with other States as a best practice, according to a PIB release.