The Union Health Ministry today said the five worst-hit states by Covid-19 have seen a decline in the number of active cases in the last one month. The health ministry said the trend of daily cases of the coronavirus in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh reveals the various stages of decline of active cases. These mirror the steady decrease in ACTIVE CASES in the country, with the caseload being sustained below 8L for 3 days in a row. 22 States/UTs have less than 20,000 Active Cases, and only 3 are reporting more than 50,000 active caseload," MoHFW said in a tweet. Karnataka reported 5,018 new COVID-19 cases, 8,005 discharges, and 64 deaths today, taking the total cases in the state to 7,70,604 including 1,06,214 active cases, 6,53,829 discharges and 10,542 deaths.

Source: Mint October 20, 2020 03:44 UTC