Nearly 90% India Has High Positivity Rate, Rural Areas A Worry: Centre

Wednesday, 12 May 2021Newsdesk

Close to 90 per cent of India is witnessing a high Covid positivity rate as 640 districts out of the 734 are above the national threshold level of 5 per cent positivity rate, the centre said on Tuesday.

New Delhi, 12 May 2021

As per news report of NDTV, the skyrocketing active caseload during the deadly second wave of coronavirus has overwhelmed the hospitals and crematoriums. There is an acute shortage of medical oxygen and key drugs needed to treat the critically ill Covid patients. Last month the centre widened the vaccine net to include everyone over the age of 18. However, most states have struggled to vaccinate their people due to vaccine shortages.

Source -NDTV