Lok Sabha Question No. 987 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Increase in cases of COVID-19
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Chandeshwar Prasad, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Pritam Gopinath Munde, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 987 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## 'INCREASE IN CASES OF COVID-19'

## †987.   SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

DR. AMOL RAMSINGH KOLHE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

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

- a) whether the cases of COVID-19 have once again registered growth in the country, if so, the details of the cases reported this year since April to till date, State/UT-wise, particularly in Maharashtra;
- b) whether the Government has conducted any study to find out the reasons for such increase;
- c) if so, the findings of such study in this regard;
- d) whether  there  is  an  immediate  need  to  National  Policy  on  health  related  infrastructure  by enhancing the capacity of primary, secondary and tertiary health care facilities/systems and institutes for identifying the new and emerging diseases and their treatment;
- e) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- f) the details of the cumulative figure of vaccine administered, age-group wise; and
- g) whether the Government has any proposal to identify non-vaccinated citizens in the country and if so, the details in this regard and steps taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (g): The trajectory of COVID-19 cases in certain States/UTs is witnessing an increasing trend  since  May,  2022.  State/UT  wise  number  of  new  COVID-19  cases  as  reported  by States/UTs from 1 st April, 2022 to 18 th July 2022 (including Maharashtra) is at Annexure I .

Such waxing and waning course of infection trajectory is not unusual for pandemics due to novel pathogens.  A  number  of  factors  tend  to  contribute  to  such  phenomenon  such  as  unexposed/ immuno-compromised population,  change  in  virus  characteristics,  waning  immunity,  etc.  The current  surge  is  associated  with  a  lower  rate  of  hospitalization  and  deaths,  which  may  be attributed to considerable efforts made towards COVID-19 immunization across the country.

As on 19 th July 2022, a total of 200.34 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries above 12 years of age. State/UT wise details on vaccine doses administered in 1218  years'  age  group  and  vaccine  doses  administered  in  18  years  and  above  age  group  are Annexure II and Annexure III respectively.

In a bid to reach out to yet unvaccinated population, a communication strategy is in place which is  implemented  by  all  States/UTs  to  raise  awareness  about  safety  and  efficacy  of  COVID-19 vaccines and addresses complacency, vaccine hesitancy as well as sustains vaccine confidence. Har Ghar Dastak 2.0 Campaign is implemented across the country from 1 st June 2022 to 31 st July 2022, with an objective to vaccinate all due for 2 nd dose and eligible for precaution dose in ≥ 60years age group through door-to-door campaign.

Union Ministry of Health provides requisite support to States/UTs to enhance preparedness and response  capacities  against  COVID-19.  Funding  support  has  been  provided  to  States/UTs  for health  system  strengthening  to  meet  any  exigency  due  to  resurgence  of  cases  in  the  country through National Health Mission, State Disaster Response Funds (SDRF), Emergency COVID19 Response and Preparedness packages.

With the  long-term  goal  to  better  prepare  our  country  against  public  health  emergencies,  PM Ayushman  Bharat  Health  Infrastructure  Mission  (PM-ABHIM)  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  64,180 crores  have  been  launched  with  the  intent  to  enhance  the  capacity  of  primary,  secondary  and tertiary  health  care  facilities/systems  and  institutes  for  identifying  and  managing  any  new  and emerging diseases. These include:

-  Support for 17,788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in 10 High Focus States.
-  Establishing 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres in all the States.
-  3382 Block Public Health Units in 11 High Focus states.
-  Setting up of Integrated Public Health Labs in all districts
-  Establishing Critical Care Hospital Blocks in all districts with population more than 5 lakhs.
-  12 Central Institutions as training and mentoring sites with 150 bedded Critical Care Hospital Blocks
-  Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 5 New Regional NCDCs and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units
-  Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs
-  Operationalization  of  17  new  Public  Health  Units  and  strengthening  of  33  existing  Public Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings
-  Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centres and 2 container based mobile hospitals

-  Setting up of a national institution for One Health, 4 New National Institutes for Virology, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region and 9 Bio-Safety Level III laboratories.

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Annexure I State/UT wise number of new COVID-19 cases as reported by States/UTs from 1 st April, 2022 to 18 th July 2022

|   S. No. | State/UT                                 | Number of new COVID-19 cases   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 287                            |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 7,549                          |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 439                            |
|        4 | Assam                                    | 5,947                          |
|        5 | Bihar                                    | 8,435                          |
|        6 | Chandigarh                               | 3,017                          |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                             | 6,743                          |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 69                             |
|        9 | Delhi                                    | 79,158                         |
|       10 | Goa                                      | 5,419                          |
|       11 | Gujarat                                  | 18,838                         |
|       12 | Haryana                                  | 37,209                         |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 5,384                          |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 3,312                          |
|       15 | Jharkhand                                | 2,652                          |
|       16 | Karnataka                                | 40,884                         |
|       17 | Kerala                                   | 1,60,754                       |
|       18 | Ladakh                                   | 413                            |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                              | 10                             |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                           | 5,603                          |
|       21 | Maharashtra                              | 1,45,550                       |
|       22 | Manipur                                  | 850                            |
|       23 | Meghalaya                                | 544                            |
|       24 | Mizoram                                  | 6,286                          |
|       25 | Nagaland                                 | 128                            |
|       26 | Odisha                                   | 11,504                         |
|       27 | Puducherry                               | 3,011                          |
|       28 | Punjab                                   | 7,229                          |
|       29 | Rajasthan                                | 8,001                          |
|       30 | Sikkim                                   | 845                            |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                               | 64,987                         |
|       32 | Telangana                                | 18,525                         |
|       33 | Tripura                                  | 1,554                          |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                            | 25,856                         |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                              | 2,559                          |
|       36 | West Bengal                              | 53,543                         |

Annexure II State/UT wise, vaccine doses administered in 12-18 years age group (As on 19 th July 2022)

|   S. No. | State/UT            | 1 st Dose   | 2 nd Dose   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
|        1 | A &NIslands         | 32,601      | 27,961      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 40,27,911   | 40,05,689   |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 85,482      | 48,303      |
|        4 | Assam               | 20,74,021   | 12,87,364   |
|        5 | Bihar               | 93,56,634   | 63,59,684   |
|        6 | Chandigarh          | 92,498      | 60,010      |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        | 21,38,310   | 14,57,326   |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 30,129      | 19,314      |
|        9 | Daman &Diu          | 19,345      | 16,385      |
|       10 | Delhi               | 16,14,248   | 12,63,283   |
|       11 | Goa                 | 84,279      | 69,545      |
|       12 | Gujarat             | 49,79,811   | 43,53,726   |
|       13 | Haryana             | 16,71,042   | 10,05,482   |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh    | 5,85,941    | 5,17,543    |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir      | 14,01,866   | 13,19,243   |
|       16 | Jharkhand           | 23,89,850   | 12,86,718   |
|       17 | Karnataka           | 50,17,722   | 43,32,704   |
|       18 | Kerala              | 20,29,571   | 12,97,490   |
|       19 | Ladakh              | 18,401      | 16,278      |
|       20 | Lakshadweep         | 4,748       | 4,006       |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh      | 64,70,896   | 46,30,444   |
|       22 | Maharashtra         | 65,60,607   | 43,57,490   |
|       23 | Manipur             | 1,51,104    | 73,071      |
|       24 | Meghalaya           | 1,03,584    | 49,062      |
|       25 | Mizoram             | 1,01,620    | 67,903      |
|       26 | Nagaland            | 80,462      | 53,417      |
|       27 | Odisha              | 36,74,547   | 27,96,392   |
|       28 | Puducherry          | 76,486      | 56,138      |
|       29 | Punjab              | 17,20,435   | 12,06,673   |
|       30 | Rajasthan           | 56,13,857   | 37,63,422   |
|       31 | Sikkim              | 49,706      | 42,295      |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu          | 42,91,402   | 32,05,966   |
|       33 | Telangana           | 27,40,055   | 22,63,581   |
|       34 | Tripura             | 2,45,591    | 1,70,876    |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh       | 2,24,35,272 | 1,95,10,688 |
|       36 | Uttarakhand         | 9,10,638    | 7,05,341    |
|       37 | West Bengal         | 60,64,808   | 48,50,829   |

Annexure III State/UT wise, vaccine doses administered in 18 years and above age group (As on 19 th July 2022)

|   S. No. | State/UT            | 1 st Dose    | 2 nd Dose    | Precaution dose   |
|----------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
|        1 | A &NIslands         | 3,11,527     | 3,14,631     | 35,372            |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 4,06,12,779  | 4,35,13,398  | 59,64,207         |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 8,55,501     | 7,36,837     | 44,981            |
|        4 | Assam               | 2,25,19,253  | 2,02,83,957  | 11,27,548         |
|        5 | Bihar               | 6,24,12,899  | 5,66,67,504  | 52,13,651         |
|        6 | Chandigarh          | 10,87,681    | 9,11,015     | 59,390            |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        | 1,87,78,393  | 1,77,25,559  | 13,13,507         |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 4,28,689     | 3,28,763     | 25,313            |
|        9 | Daman &Diu          | 2,99,670     | 2,59,952     | 24,143            |
|       10 | Delhi               | 1,65,43,099  | 1,41,02,454  | 19,56,096         |
|       11 | Goa                 | 13,51,941    | 12,17,187    | 75,277            |
|       12 | Gujarat             | 4,92,32,497  | 4,91,53,000  | 48,70,385         |
|       13 | Haryana             | 2,19,28,907  | 1,85,68,665  | 12,53,902         |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh    | 60,19,932    | 57,25,776    | 5,11,383          |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir      | 99,34,105    | 1,02,87,851  | 5,10,450          |
|       16 | Jharkhand           | 2,12,19,212  | 1,56,42,584  | 5,46,709          |
|       17 | Karnataka           | 4,99,44,797  | 5,00,79,616  | 46,08,434         |
|       18 | Kerala              | 2,69,91,226  | 2,36,98,542  | 22,74,314         |
|       19 | Ladakh              | 2,19,092     | 1,84,947     | 83,918            |
|       20 | Lakshadweep         | 56,795       | 55,416       | 4,248             |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh      | 5,40,11,584  | 5,36,92,268  | 26,03,522         |
|       22 | Maharashtra         | 8,45,15,090  | 7,08,86,462  | 44,77,480         |
|       23 | Manipur             | 14,53,322    | 12,01,146    | 1,43,783          |
|       24 | Meghalaya           | 13,28,186    | 10,17,031    | 50,686            |
|       25 | Mizoram             | 7,82,639     | 6,55,087     | 55,769            |
|       26 | Nagaland            | 8,35,001     | 6,77,301     | 38,834            |
|       27 | Odisha              | 3,12,97,612  | 2,93,59,779  | 23,06,684         |
|       28 | Puducherry          | 8,98,730     | 6,91,421     | 43,562            |
|       29 | Punjab              | 2,22,81,992  | 1,92,27,228  | 8,37,577          |
|       30 | Rajasthan           | 5,09,87,383  | 4,58,84,181  | 27,01,301         |
|       31 | Sikkim              | 5,38,758     | 5,05,223     | 51,090            |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu          | 5,57,65,844  | 5,04,90,944  | 18,91,584         |
|       33 | Telangana           | 2,95,22,384  | 2,86,90,598  | 12,06,880         |
|       34 | Tripura             | 26,51,410    | 23,02,101    | 1,75,982          |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh       | 15,35,31,270 | 14,50,43,220 | 40,55,660         |
|       36 | Uttarakhand         | 81,56,882    | 78,90,248    | 8,00,430          |
|       37 | West Bengal         | 6,71,77,934  | 6,08,87,916  | 56,02,006         |