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With COVID cases on decline, some states still a concern

Agencies|

01 Jul 2021, 03:43 PM IST

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90% decline

Although daily cases have declined by 90% from the second-wave peak, they are still four times the February average.

New York Times

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Rising caseloads

The bulk of those new infections continue to be accounted for by Kerala and Maharashtra, which worryingly are at very high or rising caseloads.

AFP

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New infections

In Kerala and Maharashtra, the seven-day average of new infections roughly at the same level for more than a week.

ET Bureau

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Districts that reported 10%+ positivity rate

- Palakkad, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala
- Imphal West and Tengnoupal in Manipur
- East district, West District and South district in Sikkim
- Unakoti and Dhalai in Tripura
- Bhadrak, Baleshwar in Odisha
- Morigaon and Nalbari in Assam

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What can be done?

- Health authorities need to assess why cases are not going down in these states
- Testing and contact tracing needs to be stepped up
- States need to look out for mutation and variants
- Vaccination effort needs to be ramped up sharply in these states

ANI

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