NEW DELHI: Active Covid-19 cases in the top five states β Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal β have come down in the last one month but the number of infections is going up in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, MP, Haryana and Rajasthan, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
He said new cases were declining consistently after it peaked in mid-September with the cumulative positivity rate dropping to 6.7% on December 1 from 7.1% on November 11, whereas the average daily positivity rate during last week was 3.7%. βIn November, the number of recoveries has been more than the number of new cases,β he said. The share of active cases in the total positive cases has shrunk to 4.6%.