In a significant development, two medical oxygen plants funded by PMCARES have been installed at AIIMS, New Delhi and RML Hospital within a week. Carried out on a war footing, the two plants were swiftly airlifted from Coimbatore and installed yesterday. Both the plants will start supply of oxygen by today evening.
In order to effectively address the high surge of Covid-19 cases in the country, PMCARES has allocated funds for the installation of 500 Medical Oxygen Plants across the country. These plants are planned to be set up within 3 months. In all,┬аfive high flow medical oxygen plants will be installed at AIIMS Trauma Centre, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana.
The following are pictures of the Medical Oxygen Plant from AIIMS, New Delhi.
The following are some of the pictures of the Medical Oxygen Plant installed at the DR. RML Hospital.
The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed16 Cr┬аtoday as the Phase-3 of the nationwide Vaccination Drive expands further.
India took only 109 days to achieve this milestone.
In comparison, the US took 111 days while China required 116 days to achieve similar figures.
6,71,285┬аbeneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine across 12 States. These states are Chhattisgarh (1,026), Delhi (82,000), Gujarat (1,61,625), Jammu and Kashmir (10,885), Haryana (99,680), Karnataka (3,840), Maharashtra (1,11,621), Odisha (13,768), Punjab (908), Rajasthan (1,30,071), Tamil Nadu (4,577) and UP (51,284).
Cumulatively,┬а16,04,94,188┬аvaccine doses have been administered through 23,66,349 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include┬а94,62,505┬аHCWs who have taken the 1st dose and┬а63,22,055┬аHCWs who have taken the 2nd dose,┬а1,35,65,728┬аFLWs (1stdose),┬а73,32,999┬аFLWs (2nddose), 6,71,285┬аbeneficiaries under 18-45 age group (1st┬аdose),┬а5,29,50,584┬а1st┬аdose beneficiaries and┬а1,23,85,466┬а2nd┬аdose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and┬а5,33,94,353┬а(1st┬аdose) and┬а44,09,213┬а(2nd┬аdose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.
| HCWs | FLWs | Age Group 18-44 years | Age Group 45 to 60 years | Over┬а60 years |
Total |
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| 1st┬аDose | 2nd┬аDose | 1st┬аDose | 2nd┬аDose | 1st┬аDose | 1st┬аDose | 2nd┬аDose | 1st┬аDose | 2nd┬аDose | |
| 94,62,505 | 63,22,055 | 1,35,65,728 | 73,32,999 | 6,71,285 | 5,33,94,353 | 44,09,213 | 5,29,50,584 | 1,23,85,466 | 16,04,94,188 |
Ten states account for 66.86% of the cumulative doses given so far in the country.
More than 14 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
As on Day-109 of the vaccination drive (4th┬аMay, 2021), 14,84,989 vaccine doses were given. Across 14,011 sessions, 7,80,066 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st┬аdose and 7,04,923 beneficiaries received their 2nd┬аdose of vaccine.
| Date: 4th┬аMay,2021 (Day-109) | ||||||||||
| HCWs | FLWs | 18-44 years | 45 to 60 years | Over 60 years | Total Achievement | |||||
| 1stDose | 2ndDose | 1stDose | 2nd┬аDose | 1st┬аDose | 1stDose | 2nd┬аDose | 1stDose | 2nd┬аDose | 1stDose | 2ndDose |
| 13,591 | 22,964 | 56,415 | 63,855 | 2,63,651 | 3,21,811 | 2,50,637 | 1,24,598 | 3,67,467 | 7,80,066 | 7,04,923 |
IndiaтАЩs cumulative recoveries stand at┬а1,69,51,731┬аtoday. The National Recovery Rate is┬а82.03%.
3,38,439┬аrecoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten states account for┬а73.4%┬аof the new recoveries.
Seventeen┬аStates/UTs have a weekly positivity rate lower than the national average (21.46%).
Nineteen┬аStates/UTs have a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average.
3,82,315┬аnew cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten States including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka,Kerala,Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan report┬а70.91%┬аof the new cases.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 51,880. It is followed by Karnataka with 44,631 while Kerala reported 37,190 new cases.
IndiaтАЩs total Active Caseload has reached┬а34,87,229. It now comprises┬а16.87%┬аof the country’s total Positive Cases. A net incline of┬а40,096┬аcases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.
Twelve states cumulatively account for┬а81.25%┬аof IndiaтАЩs total Active Cases.
The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%.
3,780┬аdeaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Ten States account for┬а74.97%┬аof the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (891). Uttar Pradesh follows with 351 daily deaths.
Seven States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours.┬аThese are Meghalaya, D&D & D&N, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and A&N Islands.
