The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said it is focusing on high disease-burden hotspots and working in tandem with states to implement rigorous contact-tracing, community surveillance and containment strategies as the number of novel coronavirus cases crossed the 900-mark in the country.
Joint secretary in the ministry Lav Agarwal said 149 new COVID-19 cases, including two deaths, have been reported since Friday.
Combined efforts are on to ensure 100 per cent lockdown and that social distancing gets implemented, he said at a press briefing on the current COVID-19 situation in India.
The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 918 in India on Saturday, while the death toll remained at 19, according to the ministry
Responding to a question over the use of hydroxychloroquine, he said, "So far we know that there has been areduction in the viral-load in COVID- 19 patients who have been given the drug."
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