<span style="color: #222222;">92  fresh confirmed cases of novel coronavirus or COVID- 19 have been reported in the past 24 hours in the country. With this the total number of cases has now gone up to 1071 including 29 deaths. Briefing media in New Delhi, Joint Secretary Lav Aggarwal said that the the cases reported in the last 12 days is much less than the those reported in the developed country. He said, this happened because of the cooperation of people of the country, our collective preemptive action, social distancing  and enforcement of lockdown. He as the country is battling against an infectious disease and people are required to be and follow the guidelines issued in this regard.<br />'' <br />''Mr Aggarwal also informed that the government has also constituted empowered groups focusing on issues including medical emergency management and  hospital management. He said , Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has also decided to create isolation facility at its National Institute of Training and Hostels. He said, Centre is engaged with the States and focusing on setting  up dedicated COVID-19 hospitals and strengthening the health infrastructure.  He said, out the positive cases reported in the country, 99 patients have recovered. He said, there is no evidence of community transmission in the country and it is at local transmission.<br />''<br />''Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry,Punya Salila Srivastava said that  Home Ministry is regularly monitoring  the enforcement of lockdown with the State governments. She said, the guidelines of the lockdown are being followed by the States and availability of the essential items and services are satisfactory.  She said, the situation of migrant workers is under control.<br />''   <br />''Raman Gangakhedkar, Head Scientist  in ICMR said that so far over 38 thousand COVID-19 test have been conducted. He said, 115 labs  under ICMR network are functional and  approval was given to 47 private labs.</span><br />