After 4 states, the Center may send to other teams to check the spread of Covid

New Delhi:

A day after high-level teams were dispatched to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur to monitor the fight against the coronavirus, the center is now considering sending high-level teams to other states that are experiencing an increase in virus cases. .

Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Rajasthan are the five states that reported the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours.

The possible plan comes on a day when the number of coronavirus cases in India surpassed 90 lakh or nine million. The country, the second worst affected in the world, has now also recorded more than 1.32 lakh deaths from the disease, according to the latest official figures from the Union Ministry of Health. It is after 47 days that India reported more news cases (45,882) than recoveries (44,807) in a single day.

The government has advised states to increase levels of testing to track patients who may or may not have been detected. States have also been advised to opt for an aggressive and widespread testing method to identify these undetected cases.

On Thursday, high-level teams were dispatched to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur, where they will visit districts reporting high numbers of COVID-19 cases and support efforts to strengthen containment, surveillance, testing and management. efficient clinical trial of positive cases.

While AIIMS head Dr. Randeep Guleria leads the three-member team to Haryana, Dr. VK Paul, member (Health), Niti Aayog heads the team from Rajasthan.

The Health Ministry said that Dr. SK Singh, director of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), will lead the team to Gujarat, while Dr. L Swasticharan of the General Directorate of Health Services (DGHS) heads the Manipur team.

Maharashtra remains the most affected state in the country with more than 17.63 lakh of cases in total. Other states on the top 5 list include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.