Covid-19 Pandemic Not Over, R-Number High In Eight States Cautions Union Health Ministry

The Union Health Ministry on August 3 said that the second wave of Covid-19 is not over yet. The Ministry said that the Reproduction (R) number is high in eight states adding that case trajectory needs to be controlled there. Addressing a press conference over the Covid-19 situation, Joint Secretary of Union Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal said whenever R number is above one, it means that the case trajectory is increasing & it needs to be controlled. Agarwal informed that these eight states include Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Karnataka, Puducherry and Kerala. Agarwal further said that a high number of Covid-19 cases are being reported across the world and the pandemic is far from over. Speaking about the case positivity rate in India, he said, “There are 44 districts where the case positivity rate is over 10 per cent. These districts are in Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland among others.” He also said that districts with greater than 100 cases declined from 279 in the week ending on June 1st to 57 in the week ending on August 1, 2021. The Joint Secretary of Union Health Ministry also spoke about the vaccination process in the country. Watch the video to know more.