States That Need More Precautionary Measures
The Ministry, however, highlighted that states such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Haryana, Karnataka Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, and Puducherry need to implement greater precautionary measures after displaying an increasing trend in COVID cases.
There are 12 states that have over one lakh active cases. Seven states have 50,000 to one lakh cases, and 17 states have less than 50,000 active COVID patients.
The Health Ministry added that the challenge to curb active cases still continues, and cautioned against not following proper COVID protocol.
“However, these are very early signals and it is, too, early to analyse the situation. It is important to have continued efforts of containment at district and state levels so that we can preserve these gains and reduce cases further,” said Agarwal.