States told to ramp up Covid testing, vax drive
The New Indian Express|August 07, 2022
AMID a surge in Covid cases, the Centre on Friday wrote to the Delhi government and six other states - Maharashtra, Odisha, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana - asking them to speed up the vaccination drive and ensure adequate testing.
States told to ramp up Covid testing, vax drive

During the past month, Kerala reported 2,347 cases a day on an average while Maharashtra had 2,135, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in his letter to these states.

Highlighting the situation in Delhi, Bhushan noted 8.2% of all new cases reported in India in the past week were from Delhi where the test positivity rate is up from 5.9% last week to 9.86% on Friday.

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