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Centre Imposes Curbs In Districts With Over 10% Covid Positivity Rate

With daily Covid numbers sky-rocketing in India, the Centre now wants stricter curbs to be imposed in districts with over 10% positivity rate in a bid to limit the cases. Reportedly, 46 districts show over 10% positivity rate while 53 districts display a rate between 5%-10%. "Over the past few weeks, 40,000 fresh cases are being reported every day in India", claims Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 - 10:03 AM / by Manashaa Ganesan

Tags: Covid-19, corona positivity rate, COVID-19 daily cases, Centre

Courtesy: The Hindu

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14 States/UTs Attain 90% Or Above Recovery Rate; Delhi Best At 97%

14 States and UTs including Delhi, UP, Bihar, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, MP and Gujarat have attained over 90% COVID recovery rate. While Delhi recorded highest recovery rate of 97%, UP, Haryana, Bihar followed with 94% each as Uttarakhand lagged with 80.07%. Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Sikkim also reported worst recovery ranging between 70-76%. The daily positivity rate in Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and… read-more

Wed, 26 May 2021 - 06:10 PM / by Sohini Mandal

Tags: COVID-19 outbreak, coronavirus recovery rate, corona positivity rate, other states

Courtesy: The Times of India