Drawing attention towards three states where eight districts have been reporting over 10 percent Covid positivity rate, the Centre has asked all states and union territories to maintain a strict watch on the situation with focussed district-level measures for containment of clusters of new cases.
In a letter to states and union territories (UTs), Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 19 districts in Kerala, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Manipur, West Bengal and Nagaland have been reporting positivity rates between five and 10 percent in the last two weeks.
The COVID-19 positivity rate has been more than 10 percent in eight districts in Mizoram, Kerala and Sikkim in the last two weeks, he said. "Thus, these 27 districts need to be monitored very closely," Bhushan said in the letter.
He said that in this context, it is imperative for states and UTs to maintain a strict watch on the situation with focussed district-level measures for containment of clusters of new COVID-19 cases.
"In case of any district reporting a surge in cases, or rise in positivity rates, intensive action and local containment as per the containment framework must be initiated," Bhushan said.

Drawing attention towards three states where eight districts have been reporting over 10 percent Covid positivity rate, the Centre has asked all states and union territories to maintain a strict watch on the situation with focussed district-level measures for containment of clusters of new cases.
In a letter to states and union territories (UTs), Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 19 districts in Kerala, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Manipur, West Bengal and Nagaland have been reporting positivity rates between five and 10 percent in the last two weeks.
The COVID-19 positivity rate has been more than 10 percent in eight districts in Mizoram, Kerala and Sikkim in the last two weeks, he said. "Thus, these 27 districts need to be monitored very closely," Bhushan said in the letter.
He said that in this context, it is imperative for states and UTs to maintain a strict watch on the situation with focussed district-level measures for containment of clusters of new COVID-19 cases.
"In case of any district reporting a surge in cases, or rise in positivity rates, intensive action and local containment as per the containment framework must be initiated," Bhushan said.