indiaUpdated: Apr 18, 2020 17:02 ISTThe health ministry on Saturday said a positive trend was emerging in 47 districts from 23 states where not even a single case of coronavirus was reported in the last 14 days. The ministry added that 22 new districts from twelve states had joined this list which could bear witness to the success of India’s Covid-19 containment efforts. Besides this, 45 other districts in 23 states have not registered any new case in last 14 days,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary health ministry. The highest mortality rate of 33.1% was from 50 to 75 years age group, followed by 32% from 75+ age group, 14.4% from population up to 45 years of age and 10.3% from 45-60 years age group. Agarwal said that 4,291 of India’s 14,378 coronavirus cases were from a single source- Nizamuddin Markaz cluster—which roughly translates into about 30% of all positive cases.

Source: Hindustan Times April 18, 2020 11:32 UTC