48% of Covid-19 deaths reported from 25 districts in 8 states, says govt

Ten states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, account for 77 per cent of the active coronavirus cases in the country

About 48 per cent of the Covid-19 deaths in the country have been reported from 25 districts in eight states, of which 15 districts are in Maharashtra alone, the Health ministry said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press briefing, Secretary in the ministry Rajesh Bhushan said the country has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 recoveries in the world at over 56 lakh and conducted the second-highest number of tests at 8.10 crore.

"New recoveries have been more than the new cases over the last two weeks. New cases being reported in the last 14 days are below the previous high of 90,000