Lok Sabha Question No. 53 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Data on COVID-19 Deaths
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sougata Ray, Feroze Varun Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.53 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## DATA ON COVID-19 DEATHS

## *53. PROF. SOUGATA RAY: SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

- (a)  whether the Government has conducted a thorough study/gathered data on the percentage of COVID-19 deaths among vaccinated and unvaccinated persons;
- (b) if so, details of the findings of the study/data gathered regarding the death rates among vaccinated  persons  and  unvaccinated  persons  with  month  and  age groupwise break up of such deaths;
- (c) the number of COVID-19 and Omicron patients in the country as on 31 January 2022, State/ UT- wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes lockdowns again in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.53* FOR 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

(a) & (b) Indian  Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR)  has  developed  India COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker, by merging mainly three national databases: CoWIN, National  COVID-19  Testing  database  and  COVID-19  India  portal.  The  tracker depicts vaccine effectiveness against death i.e. ability of vaccines to reduce death, using person time analysis from 12 th April 2021 to 2 nd January 2022. The tracker is updated  periodically  and  displays  the  effectiveness  of  partial  and  full  vaccination against  COVID-19.  The  latest  data  analysed  and  uploaded  till  January  2,  2022 depicts  vaccine  effectiveness  of  99.3%  in  fully  vaccinated  individuals,  against COVID-19.  The  data  is  analysed  and  presented  as  per  the  reports  submitted  by respective state governments.

(c) Omicron variant is the dominant variant in the country, presently.  The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country as on 31 st January, 2022 is given in Annexure-A.    Whole  genome  sequencing  for  Omicron  variant  is  done  for  all RTPCR positive  samples  from  international  arriving  travellers  arriving  since  28 th November,  2021.    Further,  for  in-country  sequencing  RT-PCR  positive  samples having  CT-value  of  less  than  25  are  referred  from  sentinel  sites  in  various  states regularly.    The  details  of  whole  genome  sequenced  Omicron  cases  is  given  in Annexure-B.

(d) & (e) Government of India is supporting States in their endeavor to manage COVID-19  since  the  beginning  of  pandemic.  Given  the  emergence  of  mutated variants  with  variable  impact  on  transmissibility,  virulence  and  effectiveness  of vaccines,  likelihood  of  resurgence  of  COVID-19  trajectory  in  the  country  is monitored by various expert committees under Indian Council of Medical Research, Directorate General of Health Services and other relevant Ministries/Departments. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare continues to keep a close watch over COVID-19 situation across the country and globally.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare vide letter dated 28 th June, 2021 has circulated to  all  States/UTs  guiding  principles  for  imposition  of  restrictions  or  allowing relaxation in context of COVID-19 based on COVID-19 testing confirmation rates and hospital bed occupancy rates.  This has been reiterated by Ministry of Home Affairs under Disaster Management Act, 2005 vide order dated 29 th June 2021.

## Annexure-A

State/UT wise details of COVID cases including Omicron cases (as on 31 st January 2022)

|   S.No. | State/UT                            |   COVID Cases Cumulative (Including Foreigners) |
|---------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Maharashtra                         |                                         7705969 |
|       2 | Rajasthan                           |                                         1200052 |
|       3 | West Bengal                         |                                         1993606 |
|       4 | Karnataka                           |                                         3785295 |
|       5 | Delhi                               |                                         1827489 |
|       6 | Tamil Nadu                          |                                         3325940 |
|       7 | Kerala                              |                                         5983515 |
|       8 | Telangana                           |                                          761050 |
|       9 | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                         2270491 |
|      10 | Uttar Pradesh                       |                                         2013323 |
|      11 | Haryana                             |                                          945969 |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh                      |                                          959439 |
|      13 | Gujarat                             |                                         1153980 |
|      14 | Odisha                              |                                         1245911 |
|      15 | Meghalaya                           |                                           90884 |
|      16 | Uttarakhand                         |                                          420188 |
|      17 | Jammu and Kashmir(UT)               |                                          432875 |
|      18 | Bihar                               |                                          823053 |
|      19 | Jharkhand                           |                                          427912 |
|      20 | Punjab                              |                                          741185 |
|      21 | Chhattisgarh                        |                                         1123170 |
|      22 | Ladakh                              |                                           25896 |
|      23 | Goa                                 |                                          238406 |
|      24 | Himachal Pradesh                    |                                          270078 |
|      25 | Chandigarh                          |                                           89144 |
|      26 | Assam                               |                                          714595 |
|      27 | Andaman and Nicobar                 |                                            9777 |
|      28 | Islands Puducherry                  |                                          160747 |
|      29 | Manipur                             |                                          132910 |
|      30 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                           11301 |
|      31 | Lakshadweep                         |                                           11056 |
|      32 | Nagaland                            |                                           34341 |
|      33 | Sikkim                              |                                           38099 |
|      34 | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                                           62082 |
|      35 | Tripura                             |                                          100221 |
|      36 | Mizoram                             |                                          172491 |

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## Annexure-B

## State/UT wise details of  whole genome sequenced  Omicron cases (as on 31 st January 2022)

|   S.No. | State/UT              |   Omicron Cases Cumulative (Including Foreigners) |
|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Maharashtra           |                                              3130 |
|       2 | Rajasthan             |                                              1813 |
|       3 | West Bengal           |                                              1693 |
|       4 | Karnataka             |                                              1115 |
|       5 | Delhi                 |                                              1093 |
|       6 | Tamil Nadu            |                                              1030 |
|       7 | Kerala                |                                               721 |
|       8 | Telangana             |                                               521 |
|       9 | Andhra Pradesh        |                                               393 |
|      10 | Uttar Pradesh         |                                               359 |
|      11 | Haryana               |                                               307 |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh        |                                               257 |
|      13 | Gujarat               |                                               236 |
|      14 | Odisha                |                                               201 |
|      15 | Meghalaya             |                                               164 |
|      16 | Uttarakhand           |                                               118 |
|      17 | Jammu and Kashmir(UT) |                                                77 |
|      18 | Bihar                 |                                                67 |
|      19 | Jharkhand             |                                                65 |
|      20 | Punjab                |                                                61 |
|      21 | Chhattisgarh          |                                                43 |
|      22 | Ladakh                |                                                23 |
|      23 | Goa                   |                                                21 |
|      24 | Himachal Pradesh      |                                                15 |
|      25 | Chandigarh            |                                                13 |
|      26 | Assam                 |                                                 9 |
|      27 | Andaman and Nicobar   |                                                 3 |
|      28 | Islands Puducherry    |                                                 2 |
|      29 | Manipur               |                                                 1 |

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