Addressing a press conference on the health emergency, a senior government official stated that around three districts across 17 states and union territories have recorded a positivity rate of more than 10 percent in the last week.
Underlining directed attention towards certain areas, the official said that 80 percent of infection cases in the country were reported from 90 districts across 14 states and UTs.
Meanwhile, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Chief Dr Randeep Guleria has predicted that the third wave of COVID-19 is “inevitable” and may start to show its beginning signs the country in coming weeks.
Speaking to NDTV, Dr Guleria had said that as various parts of the country begin unlocking and relaxing restrictions, a lack of COVID-appropriate behaviour has been observed.
He stated, “We don’t seem to have learnt from what happened between the first and the second wave. Again crowds are building up… people are gathering.”
In Himachal Pradesh, a senior…