The Centre today exhorted the States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to focus on undertaking aggressive measures to break the chain of transmission and to ensure that the mortality is kept below 1 per cent. <br />''<br />''They have been advised to proactively ensure higher testing, effective clinical management to lower fatality and save lives along with efficient monitoring at various levels.<br />'' <br />''Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka account for about 46 per cent of the active cases and nearly 52 percent of the fatality cases reported nationally in the last 24 hours.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Union Home Ministry also highlighted the districts of concern in each of these states. Of the total deaths in the country due to COVID-19, 70 per cent are recorded in just five States of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.</span><br />