New Delhi: The central government has directed six states to examine the increasing covid-19 situation at the micro level and surveillance, test, and monitor new and emerging covid clusters.
Over the past few weeks, India has seen a rise in covid-19 cases, with a total of three thousand plus cases in the week that ended 15 March.
Advisory issued by Centre
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala are the six states which have been reporting a continuously high number of cases.
“There are few states which are reporting a higher number of cases indicating the possible localized spread of infection and there is a need to follow a risk assessment-based approach to prevent and contain the infection without losing the gains made so far in the fight against the pandemic,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter.
Maharashtra has reported an increase in weekly cases from 355 to 668 with a positivity rate of 1.92 per cent.
S. No.
Name of State / UT
Active Cases Cured/Discharged/Migrated Deaths Total
Change since yesterday
Cumulative
Change since yesterday
Cumulative
Death During Day
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0 10622 129 2 Andhra Pradesh 5 3 2324363 14733 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 66595 296 4 Assam 0 738065 8035 5 Bihar 2 839123 12303 6 Chandigarh 10 3 98188 1182 7 Chhattisgarh 3 2 1163658 3 14146 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 0 11587 4 9 Delhi 107 14 1981162 18 26523 10 Goa* 57 9 255151 2 4013 11 Gujarat 435 99 1266801 20 11047 12 Haryana 56 6 1046054 6 10714 13 Himachal Pradesh 133 7 308607 19 4215 1 14 Jammu and Kashmir 65 15 474710 1 4785 15 Jharkhand 6 1 437246 5331 16 Karnataka 587 27 4034223 49 40317 1 17 Kerala*** 1625 17 6758761 87 71591 18 Ladakh 3 2 29194 231 19 Lakshadweep 0 11363 52 20 Madhya Pradesh 28 1 1044196 4 10777 21 Maharashtra 926 139 7989703 87 148426 22 Manipur 0 137775 2149 23 Meghalaya 0 95163 1625 24 Mizoram 0 1 238243 1 726 25 Nagaland 0 35206 782 26 Odisha 93 8 1327450 3 9205 27 Puducherry 67 15 173897 2 1976 1 28 Punjab** 62 12 765206 3 19289 29 Rajasthan 70 14 1305975 9656 30 Sikkim 4 43825 500 31 Tamil Nadu 284 15 3557074 34 38050 32 Telangana 281 15 837786 42 4111 33 Tripura 0 107094 940 34 Uttarakhand 15 441739 2 7754 35 Uttar Pradesh 61 17 2104570 2 23649 1 36 West Bengal 41 1 2097310 3 21533 Total# 5026 403 4.4E+07 388 530795 4 *Kerala- “0 (Zero) new deaths were reported during the last 24 hours. A total of 01 reconciled deaths (as per the ICMR guidelines and falling within 90 days following the date of death) were reported. **Punjab-“Active cases 62 and recoveries updated after reconciliation of Punjab data- further reconciliation of mortality data is ongoing .