Lok Sabha Question No. 698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Outbreak of COVID-19
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar, Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 698 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH February, 2021

## OUTBREAK OF COVID - 19

## 698. SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of people in the country have been traced, tested, treated, recovered and  diedwith  the  outbreak of  COVID - 19  pandemic  including mutant  strain  from  United Kingdom;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  financial,  medical  and  other assistance  provided  by  the  Government  to  the States/ UTs in order to overcome this viral disease;
- (d) whether India has also rolled out new vaccine for COVID- 19 pandemic;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the plan of action initiated f r its distribution to the States/UTs control the disease;
- (f) whether the Government has taken note th at newStrain of Corona Virus is spreading in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  the  precautionary  measures  being  taken  by  the Governm nt  to  avoid  its  spread  in  the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)& (b) : Total number of people tested and found positive in India as on 3 rd February 2021 is 1,07,77,284. The State/UT - wise details of persons total cases tested positive, recovered died is at Annexure I.
- (c): Under  the  'India  COVID19  Emergency  Response  and  Health  System  Preparedness package'  of  Rs  15,000  crores has been approved by the Cabinet on 22 nd April 2020 with an objective to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID - 19. As up to 15 th January 2021, Rs 11, 361.67 Crores have been utilized for the same. Of this, Rs.6309.90 crore has been rele ased to the States/UTs, through Agency - National Health Mission (NHM). The details are given at Annexure - II .

Til l 28 th January 2021, 136 travelers and their contacts have been tested positive fo strain in India. State - wise details are:

| Andhra Pradesh       |   1 |
|----------------------|-----|
| Delhi                |  27 |
| Goa                  |   4 |
| Gujarat              |  11 |
| Haryana              |   6 |
| Karnataka            |  14 |
| Kerala               |  10 |
| Ladakh (UT)          |   1 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |   2 |
| Maharashtra          |  11 |
| Odisha               |   3 |
| Punjab               |   4 |
| Rajasthan            |   4 |
| Tamil Nadu           |   9 |
| Telangana            |   7 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |  17 |
| Uttarakhand          |   1 |
| West Bengal          |   1 |
| Case details awaited |   3 |

In addition, States are being supported in terms of supply of logistics. So far 1.6 PPE Kits, 4.08 crores N - 95 masks, 11.16 crore table s of Hydroxychloroquine, 36,948 ventilators and 1,02,400 oxygen cylinders have been supplied to States/UTs/ Central Government hospi so far (as reported on 2nd February 2021).  In addition, oxygen concentrators are als supplied to States.

- (d): Yes, COVID - 19 vaccination has been launched in India on 16 th January 2021.
- (e): The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID - 19 (NEGVAC) has been established, which provides guidance on all aspects of COVID - 19  vaccination including prioritization of population groups, procurement and inventory management, vaccine selec vaccine delivery and tracking mechanism etc.

The supply of COVID-19 vaccine is based on the number of beneficiaries registere under priority group for vaccina tion in Co - WIN portal.

(f) & (g) : Yes,  Government  of  India  has  taken  note  of  mutant  strain  of  SARS - CoV - 2 reported from United Kingdom.

Government of India has taken a number of steps to prevent spread of mutant SARS -CoV - 2 variant spread in the country:

- i. All flights to UK were banned till from December 23, 2020 to 7th January 2021.
- ii. A surveillance system has been put in place to identify new UK variant of COVID among those with travel history to UK from 23 rd December 2020. States / UTs have been advised to maintain strict surveillance of Whole Genome Sequencing of cases.
- iii. Resumption of limited international flight services to/from UK has been allowed effect  from  8th  January  2021  in  a  calibrated  manner  by  initially  allowing  f movement  to/from  UK  t o  five  international  airports  i.e.  Delhi,  Mumbai,  Bengaluru Hyderabad and Chennai only.
- iv. All the passengers arriving from U.K. should be carrying Negative RT - PCR Test Report for  which  test  should  have  been  conducted  within  72  hours  prior  to  undertaking e journey.
- v. All  international  passengers  who  arrived  in  India  from  UK  or  transit  through  UK again mandatorily tested for COVID - 19 by RT - PCR at the airport.
- vi. All  passengers  and  their  contacts  who  tested  positive  for  RT - PCR  are  isolated,  their samples ar e sent for whole genome sequencing to detect UK variant.
- vii. All international passengers who test negative at Airports are quarantined for 14 da
- viii. Detailed guidelines are available at: https:// www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/Extensionofvalidity ofStandardOperatingProcedureforEpidemiological

Surveillance&ResponseforthenewvariantofSARSCoV2.pdf

Annexure I -19 cases tested positive, recovered and died (as on rd

## State/UT - wise details of persons total COVID 3 February 2021)

| S. No.   | Name of State / UT                       |   Active Cases |   Cured/Discharged/ Migrated |   Deaths |   Totalcases |
|----------|------------------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------|----------|--------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |              0 |                         4932 |       62 |         4994 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |           1197 |                       879651 |     7156 |       888004 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |             11 |                        16762 |       56 |        16829 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |           1793 |                       214285 |     1083 |       217161 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |            802 |                       257474 |     1505 |       259781 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |            182 |                        20462 |      335 |        20979 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             |           4173 |                       298135 |     3711 |       306019 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |              4 |                         3392 |        2 |         3398 |
| 9        | Delhi                                    |           1217 |                       623256 |    10858 |       635331 |
| 10       | Goa                                      |            768 |                        52039 |      768 |        53575 |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  |           3203 |                       254531 |     4389 |       262123 |
| 12       | Haryana                                  |           1055 |                       263989 |     3023 |       268067 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         |            365 |                        56242 |      980 |        57587 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        |            668 |                       121988 |     1938 |       124594 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                |            489 |                       117229 |     1075 |       118793 |
| 16       | Karnataka                                |           5943 |                       922004 |    12223 |       940170 |
| 17       | Kerala                                   |          69409 |                       865168 |     3776 |       938353 |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   |             66 |                         9530 |      130 |         9726 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              |             63 |                           56 |        0 |          119 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           |           2423 |                       249193 |     3815 |       255431 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              |          42830 |                      1936305 |    51139 |      2030274 |
| 22       | Manipur                                  |            138 |                        28568 |      371 |        29077 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                |             56 |                        13565 |      147 |        13768 |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  |             33 |                         4334 |        9 |         4376 |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 |             55 |                        11958 |       88 |        12101 |
| 26       | Odisha                                   |            928 |                       332377 |     1906 |       335211 |
| 27       | Puducherry                               |            286 |                        38186 |      651 |        39123 |
| 28       | Punjab                                   |           2122 |                       165924 |     5628 |       173674 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                |           1798 |                       313108 |     2768 |       317674 |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   |             85 |                         5876 |      135 |         6096 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               |           4517 |                       822468 |    12367 |       839352 |
| 32       | Telengana                                |           2008 |                       291312 |     1604 |       294924 |
| 33       | Tripura                                  |             15 |                        32945 |      391 |        33351 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                              |           1043 |                        93533 |     1651 |        96227 |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh                            |           5007 |                       586967 |     8668 |       600642 |
| 36       | West Bengal                              |           5305 |                       554887 |    10188 |       570380 |
| Total    |                                          |         160057 |                     10462631 |   154596 |     10777284 |

Central  Release  of  Grants  in  aid  under  the India  COVID - 19  Emergency  Response  and  Health System Preparedness Package during the FY 2020 - 21 (As on 15th January 2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT                             | Fund release (In. Rs. Crore)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 11.57                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 324.27                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 19.13                          |
| 4        | Assam                                | 180.04                         |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 164.92                         |
| 6        | Chandigarh                           | 17.14                          |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                         | 74.21                          |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 2.46                           |
| 9        | Delhi                                | 651.46                         |
| 10       | Goa                                  | 11.49                          |
| 11       | Gujarat                              | 273.46                         |
| 12       | Haryana                              | 157.35                         |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 47.9                           |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 167.52                         |
| 15       | Jharkhand                            | 57.53                          |
| 16       | Karnataka                            | 303.69                         |
| 17       | Kerala                               | 453.56                         |
| 18       | Ladakh                               | 36.52                          |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                          | 0.4                            |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 256.94                         |
| 21       | Maharashtra                          | 592.82                         |
| 22       | Manipur                              | 14.99                          |
| 23       | Meghalaya                            | 12.46                          |
| 24       | Mizoram                              | 8.11                           |
| 25       | Nagaland                             | 8.21                           |
| 26       | Orissa                               | 109.13                         |
| 27       | Puducherry                           | 7.06                           |
| 28       | Punjab                               | 143.46                         |
| 29       | Rajasthan                            | 285.01                         |
| 30       | Sikkim                               | 5.44                           |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                           | 773.24                         |
| 32       | Telangana                            | 353.13                         |
| 33       | Tripura                              | 17.58                          |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 474.78                         |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                          | 61.46                          |
| 36       | West Bengal                          | 231.46                         |
|          | Grand Total                          | 6,309.90                       |

## Note:

1. For the FY 2020 - 1, the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have been combined.
2. Release  for the F.Y. 2020 - 21 is updated upto 21.01.2021 and is provisional.
3. The above releases are 100% Centrally funded.