Lok Sabha Question No. 2917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Outbreak of Covid-19
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2917 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## OUTBREAK OF COVID-19

## 2917   SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU.:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people traced, tested, treated/ recovered and died including doctors, medical practitioners  and  frontline  workers  in  the  country  so  far  since  the  outbreak  of  Covid-19 pandemic in the country, State/UT/year-wise;
- (b) whether there is any proposal to start another booster dose/variant-specific vaccine against Covid-19;
- (c) if so, the details thereof including the status of approval of the Covovax vaccine in the country and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has issued new guidelines for passengers coming to India from or via China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand that they do not require a negative RTPCR report from a pre-departure test for Covid-19 and not to fill the self-health declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the safety measures adopted for the same?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): As reported by States/UTs, as on 13 th March 2023 a cumulative total of 4,46,90,936 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (including 5,30,782 deaths) have been reported in the country. A cumulative total of 4,41,56,345 have recovered from the disease. Details are placed at Annexure .

Precaution dose is available under the National Covid-19 vaccination programme for all eligible beneficiaries above 18 years, after an interval of six months from the date of administration of the 2 nd dose.

The  COVID-19  Working  Group  of  National  Technical  Advisory  Group  on  Immunization (NTAGI)  deliberates  on  the  need  for  booster  dose/variant-specific  vaccine,  new  vaccine introduction in National Covid-19 vaccination program. Presently, Covovax is available for 1 st and 2 nd dose for beneficiaries 12 years and above in private Covid Vaccination Centers (CVCs).

In the month of December 2022, while the trajectory of COVID-19 in India was stable but a global upsurge  was  noted  particularly  from  some  Western  Pacific  and  South  East  Asian  countries. Accordingly,  an  additional  requirement  of  pre-departure  testing  and  uploading  of  negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test reports and self-health declaration form on Air Suvidha portal was made

mandatory  for  travellers  coming  from/transiting  via  these  countries.  Subsequently  in  view  of declining COVID-19 trajectory in these countries updated guidelines were issued on 10 th February, 2023 and these additional requirements were dropped.

2% of the total passengers in all incoming international flights are required to undergo post arrival COVID-19 testing, irrespective of port of departure to monitor positive cases and their variants.

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## State/UT  wise  distribution  of  cumulative  cases  &  deaths  due  to  COVID-19,  number  of recovered cases and COVID-19 tests conducted, as reported by the States/UTs (as on 13 th March, 2023)

|   S. No. | Name of State / UT                 | COVID-19 tests conducted   |   Total cases |   Recovered Cases |   Deaths |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        | 533823                     |         10751 |             10622 |      129 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 33401559                   |       2339098 |           2324361 |    14733 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 766947                     |         66891 |             66595 |      296 |
|        4 | Assam                              | 16942779                   |        746100 |            738065 |     8035 |
|        5 | Bihar                              | 95502705                   |        851428 |            839122 |    12303 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                         | 1362185                    |         99372 |             98187 |     1182 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 18070103                   |       1177804 |           1163652 |    14146 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 624890                     |         11591 |             11587 |        4 |
|        9 | Delhi                              | 40806109                   |       2007679 |           1981117 |    26523 |
|       10 | Goa                                | 2134800                    |        259180 |            255143 |     4013 |
|       11 | Gujarat                            | 38844549                   |       1277971 |           1266711 |    11047 |
|       12 | Haryana                            | 18524631                   |       1056784 |           1046029 |    10714 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 4220782                    |        312839 |            308574 |     4213 |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 19773237                   |        479525 |            474701 |     4785 |
|       15 | Jharkhand                          | 19134734                   |        442579 |            437246 |     5331 |
|       16 | Karnataka                          | 70514726                   |       4074788 |           4033955 |    40312 |
|       17 | Kerala                             | 48886407                   |       6831624 |           6758479 |    71590 |
|       18 | Ladakh                             | 441782                     |         29425 |             29194 |      231 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                        | 307998                     |         11415 |             11363 |       52 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 25988976                   |       1054993 |           1044184 |    10777 |
|       21 | Maharashtra                        | 84210166                   |       8138437 |           7989462 |   148424 |
|       22 | Manipur                            | 1609603                    |        139924 |            137775 |     2149 |
|       23 | Meghalaya                          | 1340106                    |         96788 |             95163 |     1625 |
|       24 | Mizoram                            | 1856879                    |        238969 |            238240 |      726 |
|       25 | Nagaland                           | 304697                     |         35988 |             35206 |      782 |
|       26 | Odisha                             | 3393567                    |       1336721 |           1327439 |     9205 |
|       27 | Puducherry                         | 16,34135                   |        175894 |            173883 |     1975 |
|       28 | Punjab                             | 21041950                   |        784511 |            765177 |    19289 |
|       29 | Rajasthan                          | 18702381                   |       1315657 |           1305964 |     9656 |
|       30 | Sikkim                             | 192955                     |         44328 |             43825 |      500 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                         | 67338436                   |       3595238 |           3556953 |    38050 |
|       32 | Telangana                          | 28267783                   |        842006 |            837682 |     4111 |
|       33 | Tripura                            | 2598456                    |        108034 |            107094 |      940 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand                        | 10239811                   |        449495 |            441735 |     7753 |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,6684349                  |       2128240 |           2104561 |    23648 |
|       36 | West Bengal                        | 26616817                   |       2118869 |           2097299 |    21533 |