No community spread, coronavirus in local transmission stage: Govt

The government attributed the slow pace of rise in cases to successful implementation of lockdown and people strictly adhering to rules and guidelines

The coronavirus pandemic is in the local transmission stage in India and there is still no sign of community spread, the government said on Monday, as the total number of cases rose to 1,071 and the death toll stood at 29.

 

Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that 92 new cases and four deaths due to coronavirus have been reported in India since Sunday. "It took 12 days