No new Covid cases in 47 districts in 3 weeks: Govt
NEW DELHI: As many as 47 districts have not reported new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 251 districts have not reported any Covid-19-related deaths in the last three weeks, said Union health ministry on Thursday adding that India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cumulative positivity rate is 5.42% and positivity rate last week was at 1.82%.
Addressing a press conference here, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that the active cases in the country is less than 16000,000 thousand and declining.
“India’s Covid-19 cumulative positivity rate is 5.42% and it is continuously declining. The Covid-19 positivity rate last week was at 1.82%. There are two states that have 70% of the active cases -- Kerala and Maharashtra. Only Maharashtra and Kerala have more than 35,000 active Covid-19 cases. A total of 47 districts have not reported new cases in the last 3 weeks and 251 districts have not reported any Covid-related deaths in the last 3 weeks,” Bhushan said. “The recovery rate has crossed 97 per cent mark and the death due to Covid-19 is also declining. India’s cases per million population are 7,819 and the number of deaths per million population is 112. The tests per million population are 144,359,” he added.
Meanwhile, nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) beneficiaries have received Covid-19 vaccine shots in merely 19 days, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.India became the fastest country in the world to reach the 4 million Covid-19 vaccination mark, achieving this feat in 18 days. “Many other countries have had a head start of almost 65 days. India launched the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16. The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has also shown a progressive increase,” the ministry said.