New Delhi, April 13: In some good news on the Covid front in many days, as many as 25 Indian districts previously affected by the disease have managed to remain free of new cases for 14 days in a row.
Among these districts are SBS Nagar in Punjab; Panipat, Rohtak and Sirsa in Haryana; Pratapgarh in Rajasthan, Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir and Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
“Twenty-five Indian districts in 15 states have now managed to remain free of new cases for 14 days on account of comprehensive containment plan and surveillance. We hope these districts can continue to maintain their status of new infection-free zones,” Health Ministry spokesman Lav Agarwal said today.
The 25 Covid cases free districts with no new infections for 14 days are 25 districts across 15 states which reported cases earlier, had no case reported since the last 14 days are Gondia in Maharashtra, Rajnandgaon, Durg, Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh; Davangiri, Kodagu, Tumkuru, Udupi in Karnataka, South Goa in Goa, Wayanad and Kottayam in Kerala; West Imphal in Manipur, Rajouri in J&K, Aizwal West in Mizoram; Mahe in Puducherry, SBS Nagar in Punjab, Patna, Nalanda and Munger in Bihar; Pratapgarh in Rajasthan, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa in Haryana, Pauri Garhwal in Uttrakhand, Bhadradari Kothagudem in Telangana.
So far India has seen 9,152 cases and 308 deaths with 857 recoveries.
