Success in 15 high-load cities critical: Niti
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New Delhi, April 28
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, who heads the Empowered Group (EG 6) on coordinating with private sector NGOs and international organisations, today said 15 places, including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, are “high-case load” areas and said India’s success in battling Covid-19 is dependent on how these cities perform.
Of these 15, seven districts show particularly high case volumes, like Hyderabad (Telangana), Pune (Maharashtra), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Delhi.
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Other high-case load places that are “critical” in the battle against Covid-19 include — Vadodara (Gujarat), Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Thane (Maharashtra), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Surat (Gujarat).
Kant tweeted, “These 15 districts are critical in our battle against #Covid-19.”
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