As India extends its nationwide COVID-19 lockdown amid a rise in the new cases, this piece illustrates the Indian states that are least impacted by the novel coronavirus outbreak. These are the states that (as on 14th April, 2020) have less than 1 per cent of the country's total COVID-19 cases. This is crucial as, beginning 20th April, the country looks to a limited opening up of certain activities in unaffected or least affected districts, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday.
Below is a tabular representation of such states in India and their least impacted districts:
(All data as on 14th April 2020)
Least affected states in India |
Percentage of COVID-19 cases |
Least affected districts and their count |
0% |
4 districts: 0 cases |
|
0.01% |
10 districts: 0 cases East Khasi Hills: 1 case |
|
0.01% |
8 districts: 0 cases |
|
0.01% |
24 districts: 0 cases Lohit: 1 case |
|
0.01% |
11 districts: 0 cases Dimapur: 1 case |
|
0.02% |
8 districts: 0 cases |
|
0.02% |
6 districts: 0 cases |
|
|
0.16% |
Kargil: 4 cases Leh: 13 cases |
0.08% |
North Goa: 4 cases |
|
0.22% |
19 districts: 0 cases |
|
|
0.29% |
22 districts (Koriya, Surajpur, Balrampur, Jashpur, Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir Champa, Balod, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Kabeerdham, Bametara, Baloda Bazar, Mahasamund, Gariaband, Dhamtari, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Sukma, Bijapur, Bastar, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Uttar Bastar Kanker): 0 cases Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Durg: 1 case Raipur: 5 cases Korba: 23 cases |
0.29% |
21 districts: 0 cases South salmara mancachar, Hailakandi, Golaghat, Kamrup Morigaon, Lakhimpur: 1 case each Cachar: 2 cases Goalpara: 4 cases Kamrup metropolitan: 5 cases Jorhat: 8 cases |
|
|
0.30% |
7 districts: 0 cases Simaur: 1 Chamba, Kangra: 4 cases Solan: 9 cases Una: 14 cases |
0.33% |
7 Districts (Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Champawat): 0 cases Almora: 1 Pauri Garhwal: 2 cases Haridwar, Udham Singh nagar: 3 cases Nainital: 8 cases Dehra Dun: 18 cases |
|
0.52% |
21 districts: 0 cases Bhadrak: 3 cases Khordha: 42 cases |
|
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0.61% |
27 districts: 0 Lakhisarai, Bhagalpur, Saran: 1 Nawada, Gopalganj, Nalanda: 3 cases Patna, Gaya: 5 cases Munger: 7 Begusarai: 8 Siwan: 29 |