Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | UPDATES ON COVID-19- 18.09.20

India has recorded an unprecedented high of single day recoveries.

87,472 active cases have recovered and been discharged in the past 24 hours from home/facility supervised care and hospitals.

India has been consistently reporting a very high level of daily recoveries of more than 70,000 since the past 11 days.

The Recovery Rate has further escalated to 78.86% today. The total recovered cases thus stand at 41,12,551.

Recovered Cases are 4.04 times the number of Active Cases as recoveries outnumber the latter by 30,94,797.

The top 5 States with high Active Caseload are also the ones which are presently reporting a high level of recoveries.

59.8% of the active cases are being reported from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. These States are also contributing to 59.3% of the total recoveries.

90% of the new recoveries are reported from 16 States and UTs.

Maharashtra (19,522) contributed 22.31% of the new recoveries while the States of Andhra Pradesh (12.24%), Karnataka (8.3%), Tamil Nadu (6.31%) and Chhattisgarh (6.0%) followed with 32.8% of the new recoveries. These States together contribute 55.1% of total new recoveries.

The continuous streak of very high level of recoveries is a testimony of the effective clinical management and treatment protocols issued by the Union Government which have been updated from time to time with the emergence of new evidence. The Ministry of Health in active collaboration with AIIMS has been conducting the ‘National e-ICU on COVID-19 Management’ exercise which handholds ICU doctors of State/UT hospitals through the Centers of Excellence. Held twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday, these sessions have played a major role in India’s substantial rate of recovering and declining case fertility rate. So far, 19 such National e-ICUs have been held covering 249 hospitals of 28 States/UTs across the country.

India has also allowed for rational use of ‘Investigational Therapies’ like Remdesevir, convalescent plasma and Tocilizumab and adopted measures such proning, use of high flow oxygen, non-invasive ventilation, use of steroids and anti-coagulants to aid recovery in COVID patients. Supervised home isolation, improved services of the ambulances for ferrying patients for prompt and timely treatment have enabled seamless and efficient patient management.

In order to support and assist efforts of State/UT Governments, the Centre has deputed central multi-specialist teams. Regular review has ensured adequate availability of medical oxygen in the health facilities. These have together have played a critical intervention role in India’s high recoveries and maintained low Case Fatality Rate (CFR), which currently stands at 1.62%.

#	Name of State / UT	Active cases	Confirmed cases			Cumulative Cured/ Discharged/Migrated Cases			Cumulative Deaths
		As on 18.09.2020	As on 18.09.2020	As on 17.09.2020	Change since yesterday	As on 18.09.2020	As on 17.09.2020	Changes since yesterday	As on 18.09.2020	As on 17.09.2020	Change since yesterday
TOTAL CASES		1017754	5214677	5118253	96424	4112551	4025079	87472	84372	83198	1174
1	Maharashtra	302135	1145840	1121221	24619	812354	792832	19522	31351	30883	468
2	Karnataka	103650	494356	484990	9366	383077	375809	7268	7629	7536	93
3	Andhra Pradesh	88197	601462	592760	8702	508088	497376	10712	5177	5105	72
4	Uttar Pradesh	68235	336294	330265	6029	263288	258573	4715	4771	4690	81
5	Tamil Nadu	46610	525420	519860	5560	470192	464668	5524	8618	8559	59
6	Chhattisgarh	36036	77775	73966	3809	41111	35885	5226	628	611	17
7	Kerala	34380	122214	117863	4351	87345	84608	2737	489	480	9
8	Odisha	33026	167161	162920	4241	133466	129859	3607	669	656	13
9	Delhi	31721	234701	230269	4432	198103	194516	3587	4877	4839	38
10	Telangana	30673	167046	165003	2043	135357	133555	1802	1016	1005	11
11	Assam	28208	150349	148969	1380	121613	119367	2246	528	511	17
12	West Bengal	24336	215580	212383	3197	187061	184113	2948	4183	4123	60
13	Madhya Pradesh	21631	97906	95515	2391	74398	71535	2863	1877	1844	33
14	Punjab	21568	90032	87184	2848	65818	63570	2248	2646	2592	54
15	Haryana	21014	103773	101316	2457	81690	78937	2753	1069	1045	24
16	J&K (UT)	20239	59711	58244	1467	38521	37809	712	951	932	19
17	Rajasthan	17495	109473	107680	1793	90685	89352	1333	1293	1279	14
18	Gujarat	15975	118926	117547	1379	99681	98029	1652	3270	3256	14
19	Jharkhand	13703	67100	66074	1026	52807	51357	1450	590	579	11
20	Bihar	13156	164051	162463	1588	150040	148656	1384	855	848	7
21	Uttarakhand	11714	37139	35947	1192	24965	24432	533	460	447	13
22	Tripura	7162	20949	20676	273	13559	12956	603	228	222	6
23	Goa	5612	26783	26139	644	20844	20445	399	327	319	8
24	Puducherry	4744	21428	21111	317	16253	15923	330	431	418	13
25	Himachal Pradesh	4146	11190	10795	395	6946	6558	388	98	91	7
26	Chandigarh	3085	9256	8958	298	6062	5683	379	109	104	5
27	Meghalaya	1983	4356	4195	161	2342	2264	78	31	29	2
28	Arunachal Pradesh	1871	6851	6692	159	4967	4787	180	13	13	0
29	Manipur	1841	8430	8320	110	6538	6521	17	51	48	3
30	Nagaland	1193	5306	5263	43	4098	3987	111	15	15	0
31	Ladakh (UT)	972	3576	3535	41	2558	2536	22	46	46	0
32	Mizoram	585	1534	1506	28	949	939	10	0	0	0
33	Sikkim	463	2274	2221	53	1789	1722	67	22	19	3
34	D&D & D&N	221	2831	2810	21	2608	2575	33	2	2	0
35	A&N Islands	174	3604	3593	11	3378	3345	33	52	52	0
36	Lakshdweep	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0