Number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 9,152; 308 fatalities recorded: Health ministry

NEW DELHI: Twenty-five districts across 15 states which had detected Covid-19 infections earlier have contained the spread and reported no new cases in 14 days, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

The ministry asserted that the government has enough stocks to conduct tests for up to six weeks and over two lakh samples have been tested so far.

Addressing a press briefing here, health ministry joint secretary Lav 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 9,152 and deaths 308.

“Twenty-five districts across 15 states which had reported cases earlier have contained the virus and have not detected new ones in 14 days. This is a positive development,” he said.

The districts are Gondia (Maharashtra), Raj Nand Gaon (Chhattisgarh), Davangiri