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New Delhi : The recovery rate of Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients rose to 53.79% June 19, 2020, with the confirmation of 10,386 patients having recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hrs. The total number of recovered patients is now 2,04,710. Currently, 1,63,248 active cases are under medical supervision.
The trend in the daily numbers shows an increasing rate of recovery and an increasing gap between active and recovered cases. The increase in the proportion of recovered cases is a demonstration of India’s strategy of timely management of COVID-19, according to a PIB release.
Punjab: Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister on June 19 said that the state government will soon rationalise the private treatment cost for the COVID patients to make it affordable. He urged the private hospital managements to rise to the occasion and come forward with rational and reasonable cost of the treatment for the COVID-19 patients. He reiterated that the government has no intention to make the private hospitals suffer any losses, but at the same time, it cannot allow the loot of the helpless patients by being slapped bills to the tune of lakhs of rupees for a few days of stay at the hospital.
Kerala: In an affidavit filed in the Kerala High Court, State government has taken a firm stand and said that Covid test should be done on expats before flying to Kerala. The state issued an order saying that the services offered to guest workers including institutional quarantine facilities will not be extended to expatriates who have returned to the state. In the wake of increasing number of Covid cases in the state, the government has decided that only 50 percent of employees should be present in government offices at a time; other 50 percent should be working from home.
Tamil Nadu: An intense 12-day lockdown was enforced in Chennai and three neighbouring districts from June 19, 2020. State Higher Education Minister KP Anbazhagan has tested positive for Covid-19.With Covid-19 stretching resources, the state government has come up with a proposal to reduce pension of doctors. College guest lecturers appeal to Tamil Nadu government to pay salary on time during pandemic, according to a PIB release.
Maharashtra: The current count of COVID19 patients in Maharashtra is 1,20,504, with the addition of 3,752 new cases reported during the last 24 hours. Mumbai reported 1,298 cases. Amidst demand for oxygen surging in hospitals due to rising number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai and the current facilities unable to meet the requirements, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is in the final stage of completing installation of huge liquid oxygen tanks at 20 places including key civic-run hospitals-KEM, Nair, Sion-and at jumbo facilities.