Government has said that 325 districts in the country have not reported any coronavirus case so far because of actions initiated at the field level. There are 27 other districts also where no positive case has been reported since last 14 days. As per the Health Ministry data, 1320 fresh confirmed cases of COVID- 19 have been reported in the last 24 hours. As many as 1515 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospitals while 420 patients have died so far.

Briefing  media in New Delhi, an official from Health Ministry said the implementation of containment strategies in some districts which had earlier  reported COVID-19 cases, have yielded positive results.  One of them is,  Mahe district of  Puducherry which has reported  no case since last 28 days.  He also said  the Union Health Minister held a video conference with health functionaries and field officers of  World Health Organisation, in which a micro-plan for clusters and outbreak containment of  COVID-19 at district-level was discussed. He said, an action plan has been prepared on strengthening  the country’s ongoing surveillance by utilizing the services of  WHO’s national polio surveillance network team.  He also informed that the Health Minister has held an interaction with industry leaders and assured that  their  concerns will be addressed. The Health official informed an advisory for safe drinking water practices during lockdown has been issued and the  Public health department has been advised to augment water supplies with special focus on relief camps and for vulnerable sections of the society.

The Home Ministry Representative  said,  the states have strengthened their efforts in implementing lockdown measures and the situation regarding essential commodities is satisfactory. She said, air, rail, road travel as well as services by the cab aggregators will be suspended till the 3rd of next month.