India’s COVID-19 positivity price dips to five.42 per cent: Health ministry

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India’s cumulative COVID-19 positivity price has declined to five.42 per cent whereas the weekly positivity price (final week) was recorded at 1.82 per cent, the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday.  Eight states and union territories, which have a weekly positivity price greater than the nationwide common of 1.82 per cent are Kerala ( 11.20 per cent), Chhattisgarh (6.20 per cent), Maharashtra (4. 70 per cent), Goa (4.40 per cent), Nagaland (3.60 per cent), Ladakh (2.90 per cent), Puducherry (2.60 per cent) and Chandigarh (2.10 per cent), Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan stated at a press briefing.
“This is certainly a reason for worry. We are continuously being in touch with them. We have also sent central teams to some of these states yesterday,” Bhushan stated.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 19,92,16,019 samples have been examined for detection of COVID-19 as much as February 3 with 7,42,841 samples being examined on Wednesday. The take a look at per million stands at 1,44,359.
“If we see the trend of cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate on the basis of tests conducted, it has declined from 8.89 per cent on August 4 to 5.42 per cent on February 4,” Bhushan stated. 

He additional stated that two states — Kerala (69,365) and Maharashtra (38,762) — account for 70 per cent of the overall lively circumstances within the nation. 
Bhushan stated that 47 districts haven’t reported any new case of COVID-19 within the final three weeks, whereas 251 districts haven’t reported any new dying throughout the identical interval. 
The worldwide COVID-19 scenario remains to be worrisome, Bhushan confused, including that some nations have seen a number of peaks, whereas some have seen surges at the very least twice. 
“In India, cases are declining. But this indicates that we still have to follow COVID appropriate behaviour,” the Union Health secretary stated.
While nations just like the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany and Russia have proven a surge in deaths for a second time, India is seeing a decline within the variety of COVID-19 deaths. 
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