Amid rising Covid-19 cases, the health ministry on Tuesday deployed high-level multi-disciplinary central teams in 15 states and Union Territories with more than 50 districts or municipal bodies witnessing a high caseload and a spurt of cases to provide technical support for containment and to facilitate the management of the outbreak.
These states and UTs are — Maharashtra (seven districts/ municipalities), Telangana (four), Tamil Nadu (seven), Rajasthan (five), Assam (six), Haryana (four), Gujarat (three), Karnataka (four), Uttarakhand (three), Madhya Pradesh (five), West Bengal (three), Delhi (three), Bihar (four), UP (four), and Odisha (five).