Health ministry asks 15 states to take strict measures to bring down positivity rate; Ground report from Ratnagiri; more

In a bid to curb the spread of the virus, the Health Ministry has written to 15 states asking them to take strict measures to bring down the positivity rate.

The Health Ministry has instructed the state governments to enhance the testing and tracking policy to bring down cases.

Meanwhile, 50,000 Covid cases were reported from across the country in last 24 hours.