The Union Health Ministry informed that 55 per cent of the daily Covid-19 cases reported in the country are from Kerala and Maharashtra.

Joint Secretary of the Union Health Ministry Lav Agarwal, while addressing a media briefing stated that there are as many as 18 districts in the country which are
reporting a weekly positivity rate between 5 to 10 per cent. "Districts reporting high cases of positivity are still a matter of concern for us, we are continuously in talks with those states," the Joint Secretary said.