India’s case fatality rate has come down from 3.2% in the pre-lockdown period to 2.1% during the last week Thirty municipal areas constitute 79% of India’s covid-19 case load, the Union government said on Friday, adding that home-bound migrant labourers and overseas returnees are fresh challenges before states.
At the group of ministers’ (GoM) meeting on covid-19, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said states with the highest number of confirmed cases and fatalities should focus on the pandemic’s management strategy.
However, he said that despite the surge in covid-19 cases, which is nearing the 85,000 mark, the impact of the lockdown was reflected in the doubling rate, which had improved from 3.4 days in the pre-lockdown week to 12.9