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ICMR Insists Despite Surge In COVID-19 Cases , There Is No ‘Community Transmission’ In India
With the number of coronavirus cases rising rapidly in the country and total cases crossing over 2.86 lakh, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that there is no “community transmission” of COVID-19 in India.
The country witnessed the highest single-day spike of 9,996 more cases in the last 24 hours and the count reached 2,86,579. In a single day, as many as 357 deaths were reported and the toll increased to 8,102.
Professor (Dr) Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR stated : “India is such a large country and prevalence is very low that we have found that prevalence is less than one per cent in the small districts, in the urban areas it might be a little over one per cent and slightly higher in containment areas. India is not in community transmission. ”
Out of the total number of cases, 1,37,448 are active, while 1,41,029 have been cured/discharged/migrated.
In Maharashtra, coronavirus cases in the state reached 94,041 including 46,086 active cases and 3,438 deaths which are highest in the country.
