new delhi prime minister narendra modi will chair a highlevel virtual meeting with the chief ministers and health ministers of seven covid high burden statesut on wednesday to review the status and preparedness to manage the situation maharashtra andhra pradesh karnataka uttar pradesh tamil nadu delhi and punjab account for more than 63 of the active cases in the countrythese seven states also account for 655 of the total confirmed cases and 77 of the total deaths along with the other five states punjab and delhi have reported an increase in the number of cases being reported recently as per the data maharashtra punjab and delhi are reporting high mortality with more than 20 case fatality rate cfr besides punjab and uttar pradesh their positivity rate is observed to be above the national average of 852 these figures were shared by the prime ministers office in a statement while announcing the review meeting scheduled for wednesdaythe pmo states that the centre has been leading the fight against covid in the country in collaboration and close coordination with the states and uts the union government is supporting them to ramp up healthcare and medical infrastructure the clinical management capacities of the doctors manning the icus have been substantially upgraded through the eicu teleconsultation exercise undertaken by ministry of health and family welfare in collaboration with aiims it is sharedit is further pointed that highlevel review with the states and uts has ensured adequate availability of medical oxygen in the hospitals and covid healthcare facilitiesthe centre is also regularly deputing multidisciplinary teams to statesuts to support and handhold them in matters of containment surveillance testing and efficient clinical management of the positive cases the central teams also guide the local authorities in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and needed follow up it is stated