Appreciable results in 25 districts across 15 States which reported cases earlier.
PANAJI: The South Goa district is among 25 district across 15 States that reported no new cases of coronavirus in last 14 days.
The Union Health Ministry, Government of India on Monday released the names of 25 districts across 15 States that did not see more cases in the last 14 days and the credit for it goes to the proper implementation of containment strategies by the district administration.
Earlier, COVID-19 infections were detected in these districts.
Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal said that the implementation of the action plan has started yielding appreciable results in 25 districts across 15 States which reported cases earlier. These districts have no case reported since the last 14 days and constant vigil is being maintained to ensure that no new cases may occur in future," he said.
The districts are Gondia (Maharashtra), Raj Nand Gaon (Chhattisgarh), Davangiri (Karnataka), South Goa, Wayanad and Kottayam (Kerala), West Imphal (Manipur), Rajouri (J&K), Aizwal West (Mizoram), Mahe in Puducherry, SBS Nagar in Punjab, Patna, Nalanda and Munger in Bihar, Pratapgarh in Rajasthan, Panipat, Rohtak and Sirsa in Haryana, Pauri Garhwal in Uttrakhand and Bhadradari Kothagudem in Telangana.
Agarwal said 796 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 9152 and deaths to 308.
