New Delhi, May 12: ICMR has said that lockdown restrictions should remain in place in all districts where the rate of infection is above 10% of those tested.
Currently, three-fourths of India’s 718 districts have what is known as a test-positivity rate above 10%, including major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai and the tech hub of Bengaluru.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has sided itself away from imposing a nationwide lockdown because of the economic impact and has left it to state governments.
India is in deep crisis in the current wave of COVID-19 infections with around average of 350,000 cases and 4,000 deaths being reported daily.
Hospitals and morgues are overflowing, medical staff is exhausted and oxygen and drugs are running short. (Agencies)
