India flattens COVID Curve, says Dr Harshvardhan

India has flattened its COVID-19 Curve and 146 districts have no new cases since the last seven days.According to Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan 18 districts have no new cases since 14 days, six districts since 21 days and 21 districts since the last 28 days.This has been achieved with pro-active testing of which more than 19.5 crore have been conducted so far, he said.He was addressing the 23rd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers on COVID-19 by video-conference on Thursday in New Delhi. 

He said that less than 12,000 cases were reported in the last 24 hours and the Active Caseload has reduced to just 1.73 lakhs. He added that out of the total active cases, a meagre 0.46 per cent are on ventilators, 2.20 per cent are in ICU and just 3.02 per cent are on oxygen support. Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that 165 cases of UK Variant have been reported so far. They are kept under supervised quarantine and surveillance.Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, India has supported other countries with supply of the COVID-19 vaccine during such global public health crisis and trained the personnel of several countries in vaccine administration. He added that by being a 'Mitra' to the global community, India has earned global trust by supplying indigenously made vaccines at this crucial hour.