NEW DELHI: India witnessed a substantial decline of 40%in growth of Covid-19 cases since April 1, compared to a fortnight previously, while the rate of doubling of cases fell from every three days prior to the nationwide lockdown started to 6.2 days currently, the federal government said on Friday. The Centre said social distancing and containment measures were working.
The measures imposed on hotspots or locations of high localised transmission are crucial elements of the government technique to snap the chain of transmission of the highly infectious