Updates on COVID-19 from Union Health Ministry

▴ Union Health Ministry
Updated On: 06 APR 2020 5:27PM by PIB Delhi



Government of India is taking several steps along with the States/UTs for the prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 in the country. These are being regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.

Cabinet Secretary has been interacting through Video Conference with various District officials at the cutting edge levels to ensure uniformity of response across all parts of state. All districts have been advised to have a District level Crisis Management Plan for COVID-19.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued detailed Guidelines for setting up of quarantine facilities for COVID-19 outbreak. This Guidelines focus on separating suspected and high-risk contacts as early as possible from among other quarantined persons. The Guidelines may be accessed at:

The States have already been advised to use funds under National Health Mission (NHM) and State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) to undertake all activities related with creation of quarantine centres, dedicated COVID-19 hospitals and other medical equipment, treatment of patients and all other activities related with management of COVID-19. In addition to this, NHM has already sanctioned Rs. 1100 Cr to all the States & Rs. 3000 Cr additional funds were released today. Also, N-95 masks, Ventilators and PPEs are being procured from the central pool and distributed to all the States across the country.

As of now, 4067 confirmed cases and 109 deaths have been reported. 291 persons have been cured/discharged after recovery.

As per the presently available data, an analysis of total confirmed cases has presented the following distribution:

Gender distribution:
76% are male
24% are female
Age distribution:
47% people - below 40 years age group
34% people - between 40 to 60 years age group
19% people - 60 and above age group
Following observations are made while analysing the reported 109 deaths due to COVID-19:

Gender distribution:
73% are male
27% are female
Age distribution:
63% deaths reported for elderly people (60 and above)
30% deaths reported for people between 40 to 60 years
7% deaths reported for people below 40 years
As of now, 86% death cases have exhibited comorbidity related to diabetes, chronic kidney issues, hypertension and heart related problems. Although 19% confirmed cases have been reported among the elderly, since 63% deaths have been observed among them, elderly people form a high risk population. Further, though 37% deaths are reported from people below 60 years, approximately, 86% of deaths amongst people with co-morbidities indicate that young people with co-morbidities are also at high risk of COVID-19.

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