With 185 new cases and two deaths due to COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday announced a change in strategy with increased focus on high-diseases burden hotspots across India. Working with the State governments, there will be intensified efforts to strengthen community surveillance, contact tracking and containment strategy, officials said.
There, however, is no change in testing strategy, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said details regarding high disease burden hotspots would be announced soon.
Dedicated hospitals
Considerable spikes in cases have been reported from Kasargod district of Kerala and Bhilwara in Rajasthan. Kerala also reported its first COVID-19 death after a 69-yearold man being treated for the virus died at Ernakulam Medical College Hospital.
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