At least 10 to 12 pouches of plasma will be enough to start plasma therapy. (Representational)
Kolkata: West Bengal has taken a major step towards starting plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients after a state-run hospital collected and preserved the blood component from a woman who recovered from the disease in March, a senior official of the health department said on Thursday.
The therapy involves taking antibodies from the plasma of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and transfusing those antibodies into an active coronavirus patient to help the immune system fight the infection.
The collection and preservation of plasma have been done at the Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion of the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday after Monami Biswas donated blood for the purpose, the official said.
The 23-year-old woman from Habra in North 24 Parganas district recovered from the disease in March.
Blood plasma has been collected from Ms Biswas using Plasmapheresis method by a team of seven doctors headed by Prof Dr Prasun Bhattacharya.
“The collection and preservation of plasma have been done for the first time in the eastern part of the country, the official told PTI.
The woman, who was pursuing higher studies in Scotland, tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from abroad. She agreed to donate her blood plasma for treating such patients.
Ms Biswas was given chocolate, fruit juice and milkshake before the transfusion on Wednesday. Her body weight, blood pressure and body temperature were then noted and the process of plasma collection started, the official said.
The entire process lasted for around 50 minutes and around 410 millilitre of plasma was collected from her.
A cell separator machine was used to collect plasma from Ms Biswas, he added.
“After that, red blood cells, platelets and other components of blood were reinfused in her body. This is a highly complicated method but the process is quite similar to blood donation,” the official said.
Ms Biswas said she is happy to donate plasma for treating COVID-19 patients.
“It always feels great when you know that you have contributed to humanity. I was always willing to help people,” she said.
On Monday, a 28-year-old doctor of Tata Medical Centre who recently recovered from COVID-19 will also donate plasma, health department sources said.
At least 10 to 12 pouches of plasma will be enough to start plasma therapy of COVID-19 patients, the official added.
World
29,91,690Active
23,74,096Recovered
3,56,268Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 57,22,054 and 3,56,268 have died; 29,91,690 are active cases and 23,74,096 have recovered as on May 28, 2020 at 7:35 pm.
India
1,58,333 6566Cases
86,110 3106Active
67,692 3266Recovered
4,531 194Deaths
In India, there are 1,58,333 confirmed cases including 4,531 deaths. The number of active cases is 86,110 and 67,692 have recovered as on May 28, 2020 at 8:00 am.
State & District Details
| State | Cases | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
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DistrictCases Akola506 Aurangabad1415 Dhule125 Jalgaon522 Mumbai34865 Mumbai Suburban3331 Nagpur450 Nashik1092 Palghar736 Pune7213 Satara431 Solapur717 Thane9318 Yavatmal107 Ahmednagar85 Amravati201 Beed40 Bhandara25 Buldhana56 Chandrapur26 Hingoli138 Jalna124 Kolhapur361 Latur109 Nanded118 Nandurbar32 Parbhani38 Raigad1012 Ratnagiri201 Sangli98 Gadchiroli28 gondia56 Osmanabad58 Sindhudurg19 Wardha8 Washim11 |
56948 2190 |
37133 1121 |
17918 964 |
1897 105 |
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DistrictCases Chittoor257 Guntur412 Krishna477 Kurnool704 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nell*168 Anantapur344 East Godavari167 Prakasam64 Srikakulam70 Visakhapatnam78 West Godavari121 Y.S.R.160 Vizianagaram17 |
3171 |
1056 |
2057 48 |
58 1 |
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DistrictCases Bengaluru Rural13 Bengaluru Urban294 Mysuru98 Bagalkote83 Ballari38 Belagavi182 Bidar123 Chikkaballapura129 Dakshina Kannada94 Dharwad45 Gadag37 Kalaburagi202 Mandya265 Tumakuru34 Uttara Kannada79 Vijayapura93 Chamarajanagara0 Chikkamagaluru12 Chitradurga11 Davangere146 Hassan135 Haveri12 Kodagu4 Kolar21 Koppal4 Raichur73 Ramanagara1 Shivamogga36 Udupi124 Yadgir164 |
2418 135 |
1590 99 |
781 33 |
47 3 |
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DistrictCases North Goa39 South Goa25 |
68 1 |
31 |
37 9 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Chengalpattu643 Chennai12170 Kanchipuram286 Madurai265 Namakkal94 Ranipet99 Thanjavur127 Thiruvallur570 Thiruvarur48 Tiruppur113 Vellore47 Virudhunagar142 Ariyalur412 Coimbatore165 Cuddalore441 Dharmapuri7 Dindigul135 Erode69 Kallakurichi263 Kanniyakumari67 Karur82 Nagapattinam57 Perambalur124 Pudukkottai32 Ramanathapuram72 Salem145 Sivaganga38 Tenkasi82 The Nilgiris16 Theni114 Tiruchirappalli82 Tirunelveli368 Tirupathur30 Tiruvannamalai274 Tuticorin181 Villupuram368 Krishnagiri30 |
18545 817 |
8503 244 |
9909 567 |
133 6 |
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DistrictCases Kannur252 Kottayam50 Alappuzha39 Idukki28 Kasaragod272 Kollam56 Kozhikode61 Malappuram61 Palakkad114 Pathanamthitta43 Thiruvananthapuram52 Thrissur41 Ernakulam44 Wayanad30 |
1004 41 |
445 30 |
552 10 |
7 1 |
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DistrictCases Raipur11 Korba41 Balod24 Baloda Bazar14 Balrampur9 Bastar0 Bemetara13 Bijapur1 Bilaspur46 Dantewada0 Dhamtari2 Durg11 Gariyaband5 Janjgir-Champa15 Jashpur3 Kabirdham13 Kanker12 Kondagaon0 Korea9 Mahasamund1 Mungeli81 Narayanpur0 Raigarh12 Rajnandgaon35 Sukma0 Surajpur8 Surguja7 |
369 8 |
286 4 |
83 4 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Hyderabad1495 MedchalMalkajgiri37 Ranga Reddy85 Suryapet83 Vikarabad38 Warangal Urban29 Adilabad21 Jagitial57 Jangoan7 Jayashankar Bhupalapally9 Jogulamba Gadwal41 Kamareddy10 Karimnagar10 Khammam11 Kumuram Bheem Asifabad6 Mahabubnagar18 Mancherial33 Medak5 Nalgonda26 Narayanpet2 Nirmal21 Nizamabad74 RajannaSircilla7 Sangareddy16 Bhadradri Kothagudem4 Mahabubabad9 Mulugu3 Nagarkurnool4 Peddapalli3 Siddipet4 Wanaparthy0 Warangal Rural3 YadadriBhuvanagiri36 |
2098 107 |
751 101 |
1284 |
63 6 |
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DistrictCases Baleshwar141 Bhadrak104 Jajapur245 Dhenkanal17 Kalahandi15 Kendrapara60 Khordha105 Koraput7 Sundargarh43 Anugul21 Balangir56 Bargarh2 Boudh33 Cuttack87 Deogarh24 Gajapati10 Ganjam394 Jagatsinghapur49 Jharsuguda6 Kandhamal13 Kendujhar20 Malkangiri18 Mayurbhanj19 Nabarangpur1 Nayagarh65 Nuapada14 Puri87 Rayagada0 Sambalpur7 Sonepur5 |
1593 76 |
853 76 |
733 |
7 |
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DistrictCases Barwani42 Bhopal1446 Dewas96 Dhar122 East Nimar233 Gwalior132 Indore3401 Jabalpur234 Ujjain726 Agar Malwa13 Alirajpur3 Betul23 Burhanpur295 Chhindwara6 Dindori16 Harda3 Hoshangabad37 Khargone124 Mandsaur109 Morena88 Raisen68 Ratlam30 Sagar115 Shajapur10 Shandol9 Sheopur7 Tikamgarh9 Vidisha20 Anuppur3 Ashoknagar12 Balaghat8 Bhind56 Chhatarpur16 Damoh16 Datia9 Guna3 Jhabua14 Katni2 Mandla12 Narsinghpur10 Neemuch158 Niwari0 Panna4 Rajgarh10 Rewa39 Satna24 Sehore8 Seoni2 Shivpuri8 Sidhi13 Singrauli11 Umaria6 |
7261 237 |
3021 |
3927 238 |
313 8 |
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DistrictCases Ahmadabad12580 Anand98 Arvalli113 Banas Kantha107 Bhavnagar125 Gandhinagar224 PanchMahals80 Surat1563 Vadodara983 Bharuch41 Botad55 Chhotaudepur24 Dang3 Dohad38 GirSomnath45 Jamnagar52 Kachchh67 Kheda71 Mahesana95 Mahisagar121 Narmada18 Naysari21 Patan83 Rajkot106 SabarKantha89 Surendranagar32 Tapi6 Valsad30 Amreli9 DevbhumiDwarka11 Junagadh27 Morbi4 Porbandar8 |
15195 374 |
6708 |
7549 410 |
938 23 |
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DistrictCases Ajmer334 Banswara97 Bharatpur128 Jaipur1939 Jhalawar205 Jodhpur1303 Kota421 Nagaur420 Alwar54 Barmer22 Bhilwara193 Bikaner98 Chittorgarh220 Churu24 Dausa49 Dholpur35 Dungarpur287 Hanumangarh20 Jaisalmer48 Jhunjhunu63 Karauli11 Pali168 Rajsamand110 SawaiMadhopur22 Sikar69 Tonk169 Udaipur643 Baran8 Bundi1 Ganganagar7 Jalore97 Pratapgarh13 Sirohi76 |
7703 167 |
3073 |
4457 286 |
173 3 |
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DistrictCases Faridabad322 Sonipat182 Ambala51 Bhiwani14 CharkiDadri14 Fatehabad15 Gurugram1105 Hisar26 Jhajjar120 Jind30 Kaithal11 Karnal42 Kurukshetra22 Nuh65 Palwal40 Panchkula45 Panipat61 Rohtak35 Sirsa9 Yamunanagar8 Mahendragarh35 Rewari19 |
1381 76 |
525 61 |
838 14 |
18 1 |
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DistrictCases Agra899 Aligarh142 Amroha65 Bareilly15 Bijnor89 Bulandshahr110 Firozabad172 Gautam Buddha Nagar576 Kanpur Nagar256 Lucknow293 Mathura89 Meerut412 Moradabad196 Muzaffarnagar69 Rae Bareli75 Rampur179 Saharanpur265 Sant Kabeer Nagar72 Varanasi174 Auraiya23 Ayodhya96 Azamgarh64 Baghpat27 Bahraich62 Balrampur36 Banda23 Basti140 Bhadohi32 Budaun21 Etah29 Etawah30 Ghaziabad486 Ghazipur111 Gonda41 Gorakhpur79 Hapur141 Hardoi33 Jalaun39 Jaunpur162 Jhansi39 Kannauj42 Kasganj6 Kaushambi4 Mainpuri23 Mau18 Mirzapur20 Pilibhit14 Pratapgarh9 Prayagraj14 Sambhal74 Shamli29 Shravasti24 Sitapur29 Sultanpur71 Unnao20 Ambedkar Nagar57 Amethi94 Ballia35 Barabanki145 Chandauli29 Chitrakoot4 Deoria67 Farrukhabad29 Fatehpur1 Hamirpur3 Hathras23 Kanpur Dehat3 Kheri59 Kushi Nagar20 Lalitpur2 Maharajganj45 Mahoba1 Shahjahanpur18 Siddharth Nagar97 Sonbhadra5 |
6991 443 |
2818 138 |
3991 293 |
182 12 |
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DistrictCases Central3068 East1078 New Delhi2300 North2075 North East1004 North West2804 Shahdara975 South1122 South East1260 South West1247 West2264 |
15257 792 |
7690 736 |
7264 41 |
303 15 |
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DistrictCases Dhubri15 Goalpara14 Marigaon20 Baksa3 Barpeta10 Biswanath3 Bongaigaon8 Cachar35 Charaideo13 Chirang5 Darrang6 Dhemaji8 Dibrugarh4 Dima Hasao8 Golaghat121 Hailakandi16 Hojai58 Jorhat11 Kamrup20 Kamrup Metro193 KarbiAnglong11 Karimganj36 Kokrajhar3 Lakhimpur28 Majuli1 Nagaon40 Nalbari18 Sivasagar8 Sonitpur19 South SalmaraMancachar4 Tinsukia11 Udalguri4 West KarbiAnglong0 |
781 165 |
690 140 |
87 25 |
4 |
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DistrictCases East District0 North District0 South District1 West District0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Buxar134 Gaya58 Munger152 Patna218 Rohtas256 Arwal44 Aurangabad55 Banka83 Begusarai122 Bhagalpur112 Bhojpur69 Darbhanga65 Gopalganj90 Jehanabad143 Kaimur (bhabua)59 Lakhisarai41 Madhepura57 Madhubani166 Nalanda94 Nawada60 PurbiChamparan87 Purnia36 Saran47 Siwan63 Vaishali69 Araria15 Jamui35 Katihar110 Khagaria124 Kishanganj17 Muzaffarpur51 Pashchim Champaran48 Saharsa51 Samastipur80 Sheikhpura69 Sheohar7 Sitamarhi48 Supaul43 |
3061 78 |
1963 |
1083 183 |
15 2 |
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DistrictCases 24 Paraganas North565 24 Paraganas South148 Darjeeling15 Howrah979 Jalpaiguri11 Kalimpong7 Kolkata1903 Maldah140 Medinipur East82 Medinipur West32 Hooghly262 Murshidabad78 Nadia60 Paschim Bardhaman47 Purba Bardhaman74 Alipurduar6 Bankura24 Birbhum86 Coochbehar7 Dinajpur Dakshin7 Dinajpur Uttar122 Jhargram9 Purulia11 |
4192 183 |
2325 85 |
1578 92 |
289 6 |
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DistrictCases South Andamans33 Nicobars1 North And Middle Andaman1 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Pondicherry47 Karaikal2 Mahe4 Yanam0 |
46 |
34 |
12 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Anjaw0 Changlang0 Dibang Valley0 East Kameng0 East Siang0 Kamle0 KraDaadi0 KurungKumey0 Leparada0 Lohit1 Longding0 Lower Dibang Valley0 Lower Siang0 Lower Subansiri0 Namsai0 PakkeKessang1 Papum Pare2 Shi Yomi0 Siang0 Tawang0 Tirap0 Upper Siang0 Upper Subansiri0 West Kameng0 West Siang0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Dimapur3 Kiphire0 Kohima0 Longleng0 Mokokchung0 Mon0 Peren0 Phek0 Tuensang2 Wokha0 Zunheboto0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Dadra And Nagar Haveli3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Ranchi137 Bokaro17 Deoghar5 Dhanbad16 Garhwa56 Giridih17 Hazaribagh55 Jamtara3 Koderma32 Simdega10 Chatra1 Dumka3 East Singhbum34 Godda2 Gumla18 Khunti3 Latehar10 Lohardaga4 Pakur4 Palamu19 Ramgarh15 Sahebganj0 SaraikelaKharsawan4 West Singhbhum15 |
448 22 |
259 12 |
185 10 |
4 |
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DistrictCases Gomati28 North Tripura7 Dhalai171 Khowai13 Sepahijala9 South Tripura6 Unakoti2 West Tripura10 |
230 23 |
65 23 |
165 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Kargil43 LehLadakh33 |
53 |
10 |
43 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Anantnag253 Bandipora140 Shopian107 Srinagar196 Baramulla130 Budgam70 Ganderbal27 Jammu53 Kathua30 Kulgam180 Kupwara138 Rajouri14 Ramban66 Reasi14 Samba9 Udhampur38 Mirpur0 Muzaffarabad0 Doda2 Kishtwar4 Poonch5 Pulwama40 |
1921 162 |
1041 139 |
854 21 |
26 2 |
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DistrictCases Chamba20 Hamirpur93 Kangra65 Sirmaur4 Solan24 Una32 Bilaspur18 Kinnaur0 Kullu1 Lahaul And Spiti0 Mandi12 Shimla8 |
273 26 |
198 23 |
70 3 |
5 |
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DistrictCases Jalandhar263 Ludhiana245 Patiala123 Amritsar372 Barnala23 Faridkot71 Firozepur50 Gurdaspur143 Hoshiarpur116 Kapurthala41 Mansa27 Moga63 Pathankot46 S.A.S Nagar116 Sangrur105 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr)95 Sri Muktsar Sahib68 Tarn Taran174 Bathinda48 Fatehgarh Sahib46 Fazilka50 Rupnagar (Ropar)63 |
2139 33 |
181 33 |
1918 |
40 |
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DistrictCases Haridwar34 Dehradun90 Nainital139 Almora23 Bageshwar9 Chamoli14 Champawat10 PauriGarhwal17 Pithoragarh21 Rudraprayag15 Tehri Garhwal61 Udam Singh Nagar56 Uttar Kashi10 |
469 68 |
386 53 |
79 15 |
4 |
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DistrictCases Bishnupur0 Chandel2 Churachandpur20 Imphal East4 Imphal West6 Jiribam0 Kakching0 Kamjong3 Kangpokpi2 Noney0 Pherzawl0 Senapati1 Tamenglong0 Tengnoupal2 Thoubal1 Ukhrul0 |
44 5 |
40 5 |
4 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Chandigarh284 |
279 13 |
88 13 |
187 |
4 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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DistrictCases East Khasi Hills18 East Garo Hills0 East Jaintia Hills0 North Garo Hills1 Ribhoi0 South Garo Hills0 South West Garo Hills0 South West Khasi Hills0 West Garo Hills1 West Jaintia Hills0 West Khasi Hills0 |
20 5 |
7 5 |
12 |
1 |
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DistrictCases Aizawl1 Champhai0 Hnahthial0 Khawzawl0 Kolasib0 Lawngtlai0 Lunglei0 Mamit0 Saiha0 Saitual0 Serchhip0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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DistrictCases Lakshadweep District0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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