Harsh Vardhan holds meeting with states on Covid

April 06, 2021 19:07

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan met state health ministers to take stock of covid-19 pandemic situation in the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in turn, is holding a review meeting with state chief ministers on Thursday.

The government is concerned as India has been witnessing a rise in daily new cases of covid. Over 96,982 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Eight states -- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat -- have shown a steep rise in covid-19 daily new cases. 80.04% of the new cases are reported from these eight states.

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