According to the ministry, these states / territories of the Union have accounted for 58 percent of the deaths that occurred due to Covid-19 in the country in 24 hours between 8 am on Monday and 8 am on Tuesday.
Additionally, four of these states and Chhattisgarh have reported 49.4 percent of all new infections in the country in the same time period, he added.
The ministry also said that a Covid-19 pandemic assessment is scheduled in these states to plan a follow-up strategy to contain the spread of the disease.
“We have scheduled a discussion with these states that are failing worse in managing the Covid situation. We would discuss the scenario with Kerala, West Bengal and Delhi on Thursday, while an assessment with Maharashtra and Kerala will take place at the end of this week. “Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a news conference.
According to the data, Maharashtra recorded 84 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its toll to 43,348, West Bengal recorded 59 deaths and its toll reached 6,546, Delhi saw 54 deaths to send its toll to 6,312, Chhattisgarh saw 43 deaths ( toll 1,861) and Karnataka 42 deaths to bring its up to 10,947
The five states that accounted for 49.4% of new infections in the last 24 hours were Kerala, with 4,287 new cases (count 39.7217), West Bengal 4,121 (count 3,53,822), Maharashtra 3,645 (count 1,648,665), Karnataka 3,130 (count 805,947) and Delhi 2,832 cases (count increases to 359,488).
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