'Ease Covid Curbs' Nudge For States From Centre
NDTV
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the coronavirus pandemic in India is showing a sustained declining trend for nearly the last four weeks.
As new coronavirus cases decline across the country, the centre has asked states and union territories to review, change or drop COVID-19 restrictions after considering the trend of new cases and positivity rate in their regions.
In a letter sent to Chief Secretaries and Chief Administrators of all states and union territories on Wednesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the coronavirus pandemic in India is showing a sustained declining trend since January 21.
The average daily cases during last week were 50,476, and 27,409 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The daily case positivity rate declined to 3.63 per cent on Wednesday.
In earlier months, as cases kept rising, some states had ordered additional restrictions at their borders and airports, he said.
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