New Delhi: Odisha is in the list of 10 top 10 States in the country having the highest number of active COVID-19 cases.
In a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has released the list.
He said that India has around 19 lakh active COVID19 cases at present. Over the last week, an average of 2.71 lakh daily cases and a positivity of 15.91% are being reported, he said.
“We are witnessing a 3rd surge in our country”, he added.
Eleven states/UTs have more than 50,000 active COVID-19 cases and 515 districts are reporting weekly case positivity of over 5 per cent, he stated.
With 88,346 active cases, Odisha is the eight State in the country in terms of active COVID-19 cases.
The State has reported over 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the last eight days consecutively.
The States of Concern in view of COVID surge are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra has the maximum number of active cases at 2,68,484.