The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today has issued detailed directions to all States/UTs regarding the steps to control the spread of covid-19 pandemic.
The minsistry said that every district of the country has been divided into: The Union Health Ministry has declared 170 districts as Covid-19 hotspots and 207 districts as non-hotspots.
Hotspots are those districts which are reporting more number of cases or where the rate of growth of Covid-19 cases is high, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health Lav Agarwal said, adding a detailed direction has been issued to states stating consolidated efforts are required to utilise this period of lockdown to curb the spread of the virus. "As per data till yesterday, 170 districts have been