Maharashtra, UP, Delhi among 18 states showing continued decrease in daily new Covid-19 cases: Govt

Addressing a press conference, the Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that at least 18 states and union territories are recording a decline in number of daily cases of Covid-19.

The states and UTs where Covid-19 cases are falling are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Telangana, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The states and UTs which are still a matter of concern are Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab, Assam, J&K, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh which are showing continued increasing trend in daily new cases of Covid-19, Bhushan said.

The health ministry official said that 26 states still have a positivity rate of more than 15 per cent.

On Tuesday, the Covid-19 tally fell to 3.29 lakh new cases.