NEW DELHI : As many as 216 districts in the country have not reported any COVID-19 cases till now, 42 districts have not registered any infections in the last 28 days and 29 districts have not recorded any case in the last 21 days, the Union health ministry said on Friday.
The ministry asserted that if dos and don’ts are followed, the peak in number of covid-19 cases can be avoided. Addressing a press conference, joint secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwal said India’s recovery rate stands at 29.36 per cent with 16,540 covid-19 patients cured till now, including 1,273 who recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 3,390 covid-19 cases and 103 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours till Friday 8 am, taking the total number of