India's Covid case growth rate of 6.8% in March is highest ever: Govt

The coronavirus situation in 11 states and UTs in particular is a matter of 'serious concern', says government

At a high-level review meeting with senior officials of states and union teritorries that are seeing exponential rise in coronavirus infections in the past two weeks, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Friday said the situation in 11 states and union territories is a matter of 'serious concern'.

Taking note of the continuous deterioration of the Covid scenario over the fortnight, Gauba pointed out that India's current case growth rate of 6.8 per cent in March 2021 has surpassed the previous record of 5.5 per cent (June 2020). 

India has also reported 5.5 per cent growth rate in daily Covid deaths in this