NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday asked 11 states reporting the highest surge in Covid-19 cases to create large containment zones for achieving community quarantine to reduce the aggressive rate of virus transmission. At a review meeting, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu were also asked to pay special focus on the prominent five-six cities facing the highest burden of cases and map medical colleges to either these cities or adjoining two-three districts.
India is currently reporting the sharpest growth rate of 7.6 per cent in new Covid cases, which is 1.3 times higher than the case growth rate of 5.5 per cent reported in June last year.This is leading to an alarming rise in the daily number of active cases, which currently stand at 16,79,000 while there is also a sharp growth of 10.2 per cent in the number of deaths.
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