New Delhi: The increasing infection of Coronavirus has once again increased everyone’s heartbeat. These days more than 10 thousand cases are coming every day. In such a situation, the central government has issued an alert regarding 14 states. These are the states where a large number of new cases are coming every week. Apart from this, the positivity rate here is also above average. According to the Center, the tests of corona are also decreasing in these states. These days a maximum number of cases are coming from Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan held a virtual meeting with these states on Tuesday. The states where corona cases are increasing significantly since June 1. They are – Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, and West Bengal.
Keep an eye on those participating in public events
The central government has asked the states and union territories to ensure that people attending public events and going on pilgrimage do not have symptoms similar to the Covid-19 infection. Along with this, it has also been asked to see that everyone has been vaccinated. A letter has been written to the states and union territories regarding this. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that in view of various festivals and travels, there may be an increase in congestion in different parts of the country in the coming months. Such events can promote the spread of other infectious diseases including Covid-19.
Take special care of these people
Bhushan has also said in the letter that the health workers, frontline staff, and volunteers deputed by the organizers of such events and the state and district administrations should not have symptoms related to Covid-19 and they should probably get both doses of the vaccine. Should be engaged. The letter clarified that the elderly and those with serious ailments (diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic lung/liver/kidney disease, etc.) planning to attend such events need to take extra precautions.
Cases are increasing continuously
Let us inform you that after 11,793 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in India in a day, the number of people infected with the coronavirus in the country increased to 4,34,18,839. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment increased to 96,700. On Tuesday, 4,459 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Kerala and 17 patients died. At the same time, 168 new cases of infection were found in Goa and three patients died and 113 new cases were reported in Odisha after three months.