New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday has called for seamless coordination between Centre and States for providing best health facilities in the country.

New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): India logged 20,528 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

Bhopal Feb 28 PTI The Lokayukta police on Monday caught two National Health Mission NHM staffers in Bhopal for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a terminated contractual employee an official said NHM office assistant Kiran Singh and clerk Nitin Pal were caught accepting Rs 10000 as the first installment of bribe in exchange for reinstatement of the complainant Special Police Establishment Superintendent of Police SP Manu Vyas said Complainant Sheikh Harun a terminated laboratory assistant earlier posted in Singoli of Neemuch district was seeking reinstatement A file in this regard was under process and these employees sought Rs 100000 in exchange for the reinstatement he said Singh and Pal were booked under Prevention of Corruption Act he added PTI ADU BNM BNM BNM

Guwahati Feb 25 PTI Assam on Friday registered a dip in new COVID-19 cases as 18 more people tested positive for the infection 14 less than the previous day pushing the tally to 724088 the National Health Mission NHM said The COVID-19 death toll rose to 6638 as one more person succumbed to the disease it said adding that 1347 Covid positive patients have died for other reasons Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city reported 12 fresh cases against 14 infections on the previous day It has recorded a total of 156982 infections so far The NHM said that the number of recoveries increased by over 28 per cent to 73 persons on Friday from 57 people on Thursday Assam currently has 263 active COVID-19 cases while 715840 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from the disease The overall positivity rate stands at 256 per cent against total testing of 28298472 samples so far The NHM further said a total of 43216884 doses of vaccines have been administered This includes 23379404 first doses 19582595 second doses and 254885 precaution doses PTI TR RG RG

Guwahati Feb 24 PTI For the first time after 52 days Assam reported no death due to COVID-19 on Thursday although it registered 32 fresh infections the National Health Mission NHM said It was on January 2 when the state had last witnessed zero death due to the pandemic On Thursday the state reported 32 new cases against testing of 3615 samples for COVID-19 the NHM bulletin said Assam had recorded 25 cases against the testing of 4098 samples on Wednesday Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city reported 14 fresh cases The NHM said that 57 coronavirus patients recovered on Thursday taking the total number of cured people to 715767 The total number of deaths of COVID-19 infected people stands at 7984 including 1347 with co-morbidities Currently the state has 319 active cases With 724070 total COVID-19 positive cases in Assam the overall positivity rate stands at 256 per cent against total testing of 28294709 samples so far The NHM said a total of 43172599 doses of vaccines have been administered in the state PTI TR NN NN

Guwahati Feb 22 PTI Assam recorded 36 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday eight more than the previous day taking the overall caseload to 724013 a National Health Mission NHM bulletin saidThe number of COVID-19 deaths remained at two for the third consecutive dayThe days positivity rate also increased to 075 per cent on Tuesday compared to 055 per cent the previous dayThe number of sample tests came down to 4794 on Tuesday against 5119 on MondayAssam has been reporting fresh infections below 50 for the sixth consecutive day on TuesdayKamrup Metropolitan which primarily comprises Guwahati recorded the highest number of new cases on Tuesday with 18 infectionsDibrugarh and Dima Hasao reported two COVID-19 deaths during the day pushing the death toll to 6635The death rate in the state remained at 092 per cent while the number of COVID-19 patients dying due to other reasons continued to be at 1347As many as 104 patients were discharged from different hospitals during the day an increase from 55 on MondayThe number of COVID-19 patients who recuperated from the disease in the state has risen to 715615 with the recovery rate at 9884 per centThe active coronavirus cases in the state stood at 416 on Tuesday a slight decrease from 486 the previous dayThe NHM bulletin also said 43075552 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state so far PTI SSG MM MM

Guwahati Feb 19 PTI Assam on Saturday recorded 29 new COVID-19 cases 17 less than the previous day with overall tally touching 723936 a bulletin by National Health Mission NHM saidThe number of fresh infections in the state did not exceed 50 for the third consecutive dayThree more fatalities were reported in the state the same as Friday which pushed the toll to 6629 the bulletin saidAt least 1347 COVID-19 patients died due to other ailmentsKamrup Metropolitan alone reported nine fresh infectionsOne death each was registered in Biswanath Kamrup Metropolitan and Karbi Anglong districtsThe positivity rate stood at 056 per cent and the fatality rate at 092 per centA total of 715147 people have recovered from the disease including 179 on SaturdayThe recovery rate clocked 9879 per cent the bulletin statedOn Friday 209 people were discharged from various hospitals in the stateAssam currently has 813 active cases down from 966 on FridayAs many as 5144 sample tests were conducted during the day according to the bulletinThe NHM bulletin also said that 42951504 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in the state so far which comprises 23348341 first doses 19364203 second and 238960 precaution dosesAs many as 54367 jabs were given during the day PTI SSG RMS RMS

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], January 29 (ANI/BusinessWire India): An Engagement Coordination and Arrangement (ECA) on Maternal, Adolescent, Child care and Nutrition in Kolhan division in Jharkhand between National Health Mission, Tata Steel Foundation and American India Foundation under the flagship project MANSI+ (Maternal and Neonatal Survival Initiative+) was signed today at the office of National Health Mission (NHM), Ranchi.

Guwahati Jan 24 PTI Assam on Monday registered more than a 25-fold jump in fresh COVID-19 cases over the previous days count as 5902 more people tested positive for the disease taking the tally to 698713 the National Health Mission NHM said Eighteen more people succumbed to the infection during the day as against 13 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday The states positivity rate however decreased to 1044 per cent as 56519 samples were tested for COVID-19 the daily media bulletin said Assam had recorded 2277 cases and 1257 per cent positivity rate against the testing of 18117 samples on Sunday Kamrup Metropolitan district which primarily comprises Guwahati city reported 1044 fresh cases against 771 infections on the previous day The NHM bulletin said 5625 people recovered from the disease during the day In Assam 646972 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 The total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 has gone up to 7666 including 1347 with co-morbidities NHM said Currently the state has 44075 active coronavirus cases Out of the new cases 1044 were detected from Kamrup Metropolitan followed by 314 in Dibrugarh 293 in Jorhat and 267 in Golaghat The overall positivity rate in the state stands at 253 per cent against total testing of 27611266 samples so far The NHM bulletin said 40835211 doses of vaccines have been administered thus far in the state PTI TR MM MM

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 12 (ANI): The Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday asked the Union Territory's Health and Medical Education Department to prioritise providing COVID-19 vaccination to the vulnerable populations.