The steps being adopted by Haryana Government under the Chief Minister Manohar Lal to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Gurugram district, was appreciated during the meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Ministers of 11 states and district magistrates of 60 districts held through video conferencing on Thursday.
The Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Health and Home Minister, Anil Vij along with Administrative Secretaries joined the meeting from Chandigarh.
The District Magistrate, Gurugram, Yash Garg apprised the Prime Minister that first of its kind ‘Haryana Rural General Health Check Scheme’ has been specially implemented by the State Government for conducting health checkups in the rural areas.
Garg informed that so far, six lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccination have been administered in Gurugram, which is 30 percent of the total population. So far, 14 lakh COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Gurugram.
He further said that the COVID-19 positive rate in Gurugram was 33 to 35 percent last year. Presently, by adopting a new strategy the same is brought down to 10 to 12 percent. He said the availability of 1500 to 1800 new beds has also been increased.
Around 35 to 40 percent of the patients coming from Delhi and neighbouring states are undergoing treatment in Gurugram hospitals. For the last 10-12 days, the active number of COVID patients per day in Gurugram was above 5000 days, which now has come down to 1000-1100 after adopting the new strategy, he added.