PM reviews Covid-19 situation in 7 states with high case load

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed the Covid-19 situation with chief ministers, health ministers and other representatives of seven states with high case load.

These states are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab. According to officials more than 63 per of the active cases in the country are concentrated in these seven states. They also account for 65.5 per cent of the total confirmed cases and 77 per cent of the total deaths, a govt statement said.

Other than Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the case positivity rate of these states has also been observed to be above the national average of 8.52%, the statement added.