Congress leader @ShashiTharoor’s Tweet on COVID Hotspots:

• A bit curious as to why Thiruvananthapuram is listed as a #Covid19 hotspot when it has such a great track record!?
• Perhaps @MoHFW_INDIA can enlighten us?

Union Health Minister @DrHarshVardhan’s reply:

• As of today, there are 170 hotspot districts,207 non-hotspot & rest non-infected.
• Hotspot classification based on:
• Highest caseload District contributing more than 80% of cases in lndia or
• Highest caseload District contributing more than 80% cases for each state or
• Districts with doubling rate less than 4 days

Congress leader @ShashiTharoor’s reply to the Minister:

• Thanks for the response @drharshvardhan!
• You & your colleagues are doing a great job in difficult circumstances. Guess this means that it won’t be long before Thiruvananthapuram is off the hotspot list, as Kerala has categorised it in a lower tier than the most affected districts.