At 0.66%, the COVID-19 death rate is the second lowest in Andhra Pradesh, officials say
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday instructed officials to speed up construction of the proposed 350-ton liquid oxygen production facilities in order to achieve self-sufficiency and suggested using the excess gas for industrial purposes if it were removed from hospitals is not needed.
At a review session on COVID-19, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed officers to set up cryogenic tanks along with oxygen generation units for pressure swing absorption and ordered that type D cylinders be made available in hospitals so that oxygen could be efficiently delivered to them Patient delivered.
Officials told the prime minister that 12,187 oxygen concentrators would reach the state by July 15, 10,000-D cylinders by June 24, and 20 ISO tankers by July 5.
Steps have been taken to provide oxygen facilities in hospitals with bed sizes greater than 50, they said. They also said that 10 kl oxygen tanks would be provided in hospitals with bed counts greater than 100.
“Andhra Pradesh has the second lowest death rate at 0.66%. The positivity rate is 5.99% while the recovery rate is 95.53%. The number of active cases has dropped to 69,831, ”officials said.
Bed availability
They also said that there were 2,562 intensive care beds and 13,738 oxygen beds available, as on Friday. In addition, more than 12,000 general beds were available. The Kurnool district had the lowest positivity rate of 2.58%, while it was the highest in East Godavari at 12.25%. A total of 2,584 cases of black fungus have been recorded in the state. While 185 patients died, 1,455 were in treatment.