In some positive news for the country, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday (February 9) reported that 15 states and Union Territories haven’t reported any death due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul praised the improvement in the COVID-19 situation in national capital Delhi.
“The number of cases (of COVID-19) is also falling. So that is good news. In the last 24 hours, no death was recorded in Delhi. So that is also good news,” Dr Paul had said.
The National Capital has observed a steady decline in the number of Coronavirus cases. Till Monday morning, Delhi recorded 125 new cases and two fatalities. According to the Health department’s dat, the positivity rate stood at 0.23 per cent.
Paul also noted that the figures of daily mortality per million population in India over the last seven days have been among the lowest in the world.
The centre also reported that seven states and Union Territories have recorded no fatalities in the last…