<span style="color: #222222;">Government  today said, 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.<br />''<br />'' Briefing  media in New Delhi  today , 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 yesterday, 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.<br />''<br />'' 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.<br />'' <br />'' A representative of Indian Council of Medical Research informed that over  2.9 lakh samples  have been tested so far. He said, 176 labs under ICMR network and 78 private sector labs are  conducting COVID-19 tests in the country.  He also said.  it is important for people to understand that the rapid antibody tests are not for early diagnosis, but for surveillance and to monitor whether coronavirus hotspots in the country are increasing or decreasing. The ICMR  official said  five lakh  rapid test kits are available in the country.<br />'' <br />''On the occasion, a  government official,  while listing out several measures taken by  the Central government ministries informed that over 16 lakh free meals  have been distributed by the Indian Railways till  yesterday.</span><br />