<span style="color: #222222;">A total of 1463  fresh confirmed cases of COVID- 19 have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. This has taken the total number of patients to  10, 815.  As many as 1190 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospitals, while 353 patients have died. Briefing media in New Delhi  today, the Health Ministry Representative  said, 602 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals have been set up in the country and the Centre is working with states to increase health infrastructure. He said  the lockdown will be eased in places where coronavirus spread has been contained after an evaluation.  He also said  the guidelines  have been issued for controlling spread of COVID- 19 in densely populated areas like Dharavi in Mumbai. Frugal sanitation and hygiene solutions  have been suggested  for community toilets, washing and bathing facilities. He added that  the major effort is to break the chain of transfer of COVID-19.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Health Ministry Representative  also said women of Self Help Groups are playing a crucial role at ground level in this pandemic by helping disburse MGNREGA wage payments and payments under  women's PMJDY accounts and PM Kisan Yojana accounts without people having to visit banks.<br />''<br />''The Home Ministry Representative  said, there is sufficient supply of essential commodities across the country.  She said the  Home Ministry  control room is monitoring supply of essential goods and services and also resolving complaints and grievances through the helplines. Around five thousand  complaints have been resolved through this helpline so far.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A representative of Indian Council of Medical Research informed that</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">over  2.3 lakh samples  have been tested so far. He said, there are 166 labs under ICMR network and 70 private sector labs are  conducting COVID-19 tests in the country.</span><br />