The Union Government yesterday said that a total of 2,27,756 people affected with the Coronavirus have been cured so far and the recovery rate reached to 55.49 per cent in the country.

During the last 24 hours, 13,925 people have recovered from COVID-19. Presently, the total number of active Corona cases in the country is 1,69,451.

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said a total of 15,413 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 4,10,461. This is the highest number of cases registered in a single day since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.

In one day, a total of 306 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 13,254. With this, the case fatality rate reached 3.22 percent in the country. Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that a total of 1,90,730 tests of Coronavirus samples were conducted by the various laboratories in the country within 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has chaired a high-level meeting where the report of Dr. VK Paul Committee on containment strategy of COVID-19 in Delhi was presented. The Containment Strategy determined by Dr. Paul has asked to revise the demarcation of containment zones and strict monitoring and control of activities in such containment zones. It has asked to do contact tracing and quarantining of Contacts of all infected persons, with the help of Aarogya Setu and Itihas Aap. Listing and monitoring of each household even outside containment zones, which will help in getting comprehensive information about Delhi.

The report said to keep the COVID-19 positive cases in hospitals, COVID-19 care centers or home isolation and proper functioning of Covid care centres and taking the help of voluntary organizations and NGOs in this regard. It has been decided that the Serologic survey will be conducted in all of Delhi from the 27th of this month to the 10th of next month in which sample testing will be conducted for twenty thousand citizens. This will help in the comprehensive assessment of the spread of infection in Delhi and will help draw up a comprehensive strategy. As per the plan proposed by Dr. VK Paul every district in Delhi will be linked to a major hospital, which will provide adequate help.

The proposed report also includes a timeline for all of such activities based on which the Delhi Government will finalize a plan by 22nd of this month and will issue revised demarcation of all containment zones by 26 June as well as a hundred percent survey of containment zones by 30th June. A comprehensive survey of the rest of Delhi will also be done by 6th July. During the meeting, the Home Minister also directed the Delhi Government to conduct the assessment in respect of every dead individual as regards how many days before death the person was brought to a hospital and from where. A special focus has to be given about whether the person was in home isolation and whether the person was brought to the hospital at the right time or not. Every death has to be reported to the Central Government.

Mr. Shah also said that all COVID-19 positive cases should be first referred to COVID centers and those who have adequate facilities at home and do not suffer from other co-morbidities can be allowed to stay in home isolation. The Central Government will also be informed of the number of people kept in home isolation. The meeting was attended by the Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Delhi LG Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior officials.