47 Of 73 Districts With Over 10% Covid Positivity In Northeast: Centre

The report said 47 districts out of the 73 districts in the nation, where one in 10 COVID-19 tests are coming back positive, are from Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Sikkim.

At least 64 per cent of the districts in India with over 10 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate are from the eight states in the northeast region, the Health Ministry has said. This was revealed in a report compiled by the ministry on the status of the coronavirus pandemic between June 29 and July 5, considered the last leg of the second wave that was at its peak in May-June during an online media consultation held on Thursday. The report said 47 districts out of the 73 districts in the nation, where one in 10 COVID-19 tests are coming back positive, are from Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Sikkim. Of these, Arunachal Pradesh with 18 districts tops the list, while Manipur follows next with nine districts, Meghalaya with six districts, four each in Tripura and Sikkim, three in Nagaland, two in Assam and only one in Sikkim.