Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said that about 38 percent COVID-19 related deaths have been reported within 24 hours of admission in various hospitals of the state.
Similarly, 7.7 percent deaths have been reported in home isolation and 4.1 percent patients were brought dead, the Chief Minister said while presiding over a meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in the state. The hill state has reported over 2800 COVID related deaths till now.
During the meeting, Thakur said that special thrust must be laid on shifting the serious patients in home isolation to hospitals so that they could be provided timely treatment. ASHA workers and other health workers must keep constant vigil on the situation of patients so that they could be shifted to the hospital if the situation of the patients worsen, he said.
He directed the officers to take proper and timely measures to control the situation. Tangible results are coming out due to Corona curfew as the number of cases are declining, but the deaths are still a matter of concern. An effective strategy must be chalked out to bring down the deaths due to Coronavirus, he said.
The Chief Minister directed that ASHA workers must be provided adequate masks, sanitizers and gloves so that they could perform their duties in better way and without fear. Sufficient number of PPE kits must be provided at PHC level besides body bags and waste bags so that last rites of the Covid-19 deceased could be performed according to protocols, he added.
Thakur also stressed on the need to strengthen the supply chain of medicines, oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders and other life saving drugs. Talking about black fungus infection, he said that five cases of black fungus have been reported in the state out of which four have been operated on.
On COVID-19 vaccination drive, Thakur said that the vaccination process in the state is going smoothly. Till date, about 22.88 lakh doses of vaccine have been administered to the people of the state.