No coronavirus cases in 180 districts in a week: Harsh Vardhan

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 16.73 crore on Saturday, says the Health Minister

No fresh COVID-19 cases have been detected in 180 districts in the country in the last seven days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. In his virtual address at the 25th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss the pandemic situation, the minister said that as on date, 1.34% of COVID-19 patients were in ICU, 0.39% on ventilator support and 3.70% on oxygen support. Mr. Vardhan, who chaired the meeting through video conference, said, "180 districts have showed no fresh cases in the last seven days, 18 districts in 14 days, 54 districts in 21 days and 32 districts were bereft of any fresh cases in the last 28 days." He said that across the country, the number of patients in ICU beds is 4,88,861 while 1,70,841 patients were on ventilators and 9,02,291 patients were on oxygen support.