The Centre on Saturday asked the Assam and West Bengal governments to enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour in a strict manner as the two sta...
The Centre on Saturday asked the Assam and West Bengal governments to enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour in a strict manner as the two states recorded a weekly rise of 41% in cases of the disease between October 20 and October 26, PTI reported.
In a letter to the chief secretaries of the two states, Union Health Ministry Additional Secretary Arti Ahuja flagged early signs of a rise in positive cases over the last four weeks till October 25.
In her letter to Assam, Ahuja pointed out that the positivity rate of Covid-19 cases in the state has gone up from 1.89% in the week between September 28 and October 4 to 2.22% in the week of October 19 to October 25, PTI reported.
The health ministry official added that there has been a dip in the number of tests conducted during this period. Barpeta and Kamrup Metro have been identified as districts of high concern in terms of the number of positive Covid-19 cases and the weekly positivity rate.
In West Bengal, the Union health ministry has flagged that Kolkata and Howrah districts have been recording a higher incidence of Covid-19 cases.
The positivity rate in West Bengal has risen from 1.93% in the week of September 28-October 4 to 2.39%...
