13 districts in 8 states report 14% of Covid-19 deaths, 9% of active cases

Concerned about the cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level virtual meeting and has directed these eight States to focus all efforts on reducing Covid-19 mortality

At least eight states and union territories are accounting for nearly 9 per cent of India's active cases and about 14 per cent of Covid-19 deaths, even higher than national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) average, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

The MoHWF said that about 13 districts concentrated within these eight states and union territories are reporting maximum coronavirus cases.

These include - Kamrup Metro in Assam; Patna in Bihar; Ranchi in Jharkhand; Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala; Ganjam in Odisha; Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh; 24 Paraganas North, Hooghly, Howrah, Kolkata and Maldah in