Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that India has flattened its COVID-19 graph that  146 districts have reported no new case of the viral disease in the last seven days, 18 districts in 14 days, six in 21 days and 21 districts in the last 28 days,

This has been achieved due to pro-active testing with more than 19.5 crore COVID-19 tests conducted in the country so far.

Addressing the 23rd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers on COVID-19 through a video-conference,  Vardhan said that India has flattened its COVID-19 graph.  ''With the 'Whole of Government' and 'Whole-of-society' approach envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modiji, India has successfully contained the pandemic. Less than 12,000 cases were reported in the last 24 hours and the active caseload has reduced to just 1.73 lakh,'' he said.

Vardhan informed that a meagre 0.46 per cent of the 1.73 lakh active COVID-19 cases is on ventilators, 2.20 per cent is in the ICU and 3.02 per cent is on oxygen support. The minister stated that 165 cases of a new UK variant of the virus have so far been reported in the country and the patients are kept under supervised quarantine and surveillance.

A total of 146 districts across the country have no new cases for the last seven days, 18 for the last 14 days, six for 21 days and 21 districts have not reported fresh cases of the coronavirus infection in the last 28 days, Vardhan said.

The health minister proudly mentioned that India has supported other countries with the supply of the COVID-19 vaccines during this global public health crisis and trained the personnel of several nations in vaccine administration.

''By being a 'mitra' to the global community, India has earned global trust by supplying indigenously made vaccines at this crucial hour,'' he was quoted as saying in the statement.

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