The Centre on Thursday said that eight states have reported 90% of the active cases of the coronavirus, while 80% of the active caseload h...
The Centre on Thursday said that eight states have reported 90% of the active cases of the coronavirus, while 80% of the active caseload has been reported from 49 districts. These states are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, the Group of Ministers was informed at its 18th meeting.
Besides, the GoM was told that six states – Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal – account for 86% of the deaths caused by Covid-19 and 32 districts account for 80% of such fatalities. The health ministry said there was a special focus on the regions showing a higher Covid-19 fatality rate.
The meeting, chaired by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, was joined by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilisers and Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya. Vinod Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog attended through video-conferencing.
The Group of Ministers was also briefed on the current status of the coronavirus pandemic in the country in terms of recovery, mortality rates and testing. “A global comparison between the five most-affected countries clearly depicted that India has one of the...
