Early indications of COVID-19 cases plateauing have been reported in some places but the trend needs to be observed, the Union government said on Thursday, January 27, whilst noting that 400 districts have logged over 10% positivity rate in the week ending January 26.
Simultaneously, a decline in COVID-19 cases and positivity rate have been observed in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Haryana and West Bengal, the government stated.
“Top 10 states in terms of active cases contribute to more than 77% of the total active cases in the country.
It showed that on May 7 last year, at the peak of the second wave, 4,14,188 new cases and 3,679 deaths were reported.
On January 21 this year, 3,47,254 new cases and 435 deaths were reported.
“Whenever a science and evidence-based discussion takes place we will share the factual information with you.
“We have a task force and a joint monitoring group comprising technical experts.