Covid situation is stabilising: Centre

New Delhi, May 15: The overall Covid-19 situation in the country is stabilising and the government will work towards ensuring further improvement, Niti Aayog member V.K. Paul said on Saturday.

At a media briefing by the health ministry, joint secretary Lav Agarwal said a decline in the active cases has been observed since the last 12 days.

On May 3, the active cases were 17.13 per cent, which has declined to 15.1 per cent and recovered cases stand at 83.8 per cent. He said the overall positivity rate is less than 20 per cent since the last five days.

“It is evident that we can see a certain stabilisation of the pandemic. Some states have shown a clear pattern, in some states there are concerns and in some others there is a trend towards an increase. It is a mixed picture. But overall, the situation is stabilising and we will work towards ensuring further stabilisation,” Paul said.