The average daily cases during last week were 50,476, and 27,409 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours
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The Centre has asked states and union territories to review, amend or do away with additional Covid-19 restrictions after considering the trend of new cases and positivity rate in their regions, stating sustained downward trend in the nationwide case trajectory.
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In a letter to sent to chief secretaries and chief administrators of all states and UTs on Tuesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the coronavirus pandemic in India is showing a sustained declining trend since January 21. The average daily cases during last week were 50,476, and 27,409 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The daily case positivity rate was 3.63 per cent on Tuesday.
Earlier, in view of the spread, few states had imposed more restrictions, he said. The Centre has asked the states to take care to ensure that the movement of people and economic activities are not hit by new curbs.
4,27,23,558
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far
5,09,872
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far
3,70,240
Total no. of active cases in India
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