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In India, the positivity rate in eight states/UTs is worrying, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Thursday in New Delhi. "It is definitely worrying that the weekly positivity rate in these eight states and union territories are more than the national positivity rate. We are in contact touch with the administrations and are sending national team," the secretary said.India has a weekly positivity rate of 1.82 per cent.India at present has only 1.55 lakh active Covid-19 cases. Kerala and Maharashtra are the only two states with more than 35,000 active cases — Kerala (69.365), Maharashtra (38,762).
On global Covid-19 situation, the secretary said, "Countries have experienced multiple peaks...and if we compare death figures, the number is again increasing in other countries. It means more people are contracting the disease and getting admitted to the hospital, probably beyond the capacity of the hospitals there. They are not getting proper treatment and that's why the number of deaths in these countries is on the rise. In India, the situation is absolutely the opposite."
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