A total quantity of 22 districts across seven states in the nation are witnessing day-to-day rise in new COVID situations, reported the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday calling it a “cause of concern”. The seven of these districts are in Kerala and two in Maharashtra. Rest of the day-to-day situations are increasing across the districts in Northeast. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health, even though addressing a presser, stated that there are 22 districts in the nation witnessing an rising trend in coronavirus situations in the last 4 weeks. This sudden spike in the districts is a result in of concern and we have lined up discussions with the states for the similar.
Districts witnessing spike in new covid situations
In Kerala, districts like Alappuzha, Kottayam, Malappuram, Wayanad, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta are witnessing an upward trend in day-to-day covid situations. And the two districts in Maharashtra are Solapur and Beed. In Manipur, Chandel, Imphal East, Churachandpur, Noney and Thoubal are also displaying a related trend, apart from South-West Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills and South-West Garo Hills in Meghalaya, 3 places–Papum Pare,West Siang and Lohit in Arunachal, Nalbari in Assam, and West Tripura in Tripura are displaying the related result in of the concern to the officials.
In Malappuram (Kerala), a weekly figure of 1,428 situations was reported through the period among June 28 and July 4. The figure has now touched 2,270 in the last week, displaying an boost of about 59 per cent, stated Agarwal. In Kottayam as effectively, the quantity of weekly situations has elevated to 849 by 63 per cent in the last week from 519 weekly situations a month ago. We are in continuous touch with states on how we can bring the quantity of covid situations down with the assist of early detection and containment, he added.
We are tired but the virus is not: Dr VK Paul
Even as the quantity of active COVID-19 situations had been down to beneath 4 lakh from 37 lakh at the peak, the situations have now spread across a restricted geography. The rise in covid situations has made it mandatory to transform our strategy towards containment, restrictions and strict adhere to-up on Covid proper behavior, stated the Health Secretary. He also added that the Health Ministry and Home Ministry had issued suggestions, specifying the restrictions that require to be placed wherever the situations are higher. Dr VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog was also present at the press conference. He stated it wouldn’t be correct to say that the second wave of COVID-19 is more than. Things can’t be taken for granted as the virus is not tired however. Virus behavior can’t be taken for granted by everyone, he concluded.