Amid Covid-19 cases surge, Centre rushes high-level teams to five states including West Bengal

These teams have been equipped to support the state governments in controlling the rapid surge in the contagion.

In a tweet, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan wrote: "@MoHFW_INDIA has deputed high level Central teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh & West Bengal.'

"The teams will support the State efforts towards testing, infection prevention, control measures & efficient clinical management of the positive cases," he said.

Each team comprises of a Joint Secretary (nodal officer for the respective State), one public health expert to look after the public health aspects, one clinician to look after infection prevention practices, clinical management protocol being followed by the State.

"The teams will support the State efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The Central teams shall also guide in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up," a Health Ministry statement said.

The total cases in Kerala are 3,17,929 which form 4.3% of the total cases. The Cases per Million stand at 8906. The total number of Recovered Cases is 2,22,231 accounting for Recovery Rate of 69.90%. The total deaths in the state are 1089 with Case Fatality Rate of  0.34% and Deaths Per Million of 31.

Karnataka is reporting 7,43,848 total cases accounting for 10.1% of the national figure. It has 11,010 cases per million population. 6,20,008 patients have recovered in the state resulting in recovery rate of 83.35%. The state has reported a total of 10,283 fatalities, CFR of 1.38% and 152 deaths per million population. 

Rajasthan has registered 1,67,279 total cases (% share in total: 2.3%). The active cases as on date are 21,587 (2.7% share in the national numbers). The numbers of fatalities in the state are 1,708.

West Bengal has 3,09,417 total cases (4.2% of the national cases) amounting to 3,106 cases per million population. The total recovered are 2,71,563 and the recovery rate is 87.77%. With 31,984 active cases, the state accounts for 4.0% of the total pie. Total deaths are 5,870.

Chhattisgarh has reported 1,53,515 total cases (% share in total cases - 2.1%), 5,215 cases per million. It has 28,187 active cases comprising 3.5% of the national figure. There have been 1385 total deaths.