We have to learn to live with the virus.

(3390 new positive cases reported in the country in the Last 24 hours)

Mumbai: India has crossed 56,000 cases for the coronavirus with more than 1880 deaths. An additional 3,390 cases were added to the national count in the past 24 hours, the health ministry representative told reporters on Friday.

“We have to learn to live with the virus,” he said. Assistant secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Lav Agarwal, while on his way to a press conference on Friday. He said that despite the increase in the number of cases, there are still 216 districts in the country that so far have not reported any instance of COVID-19 infection to date. Other than that, 42 more districts have not reported any new cases in the last 28 days, while in 29 districts, no new cases have been reported in the last 21 days. While 36 other districts reported no new cases in the past 14 days, in 46 districts, no new cases were reported in the past 7 days.

Regarding migrant workers, MHA The representative said that 222 special trains (Shramik Special) have been operated by the railroads through which more than 2.5 lakh passengers (migrants) have benefited.

Side by side, in the mass evacuation of stranded Indians in various foreign countries, Punya Sasila Shrivastav said that a special plane carrying 250 passengers from Singapore landed in Delhi today, while 5 more are expected to land later in the day. Two of those flights had already landed in Kerala yesterday.

She said that only asymptomatic people can board these flights that have been deployed to bring back Indians trapped abroad. Their respective states must carry out quarantine facilities for those returning from foreign countries.

The OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card of people who are trapped in India is valid until they are here in the country, although the validity of these cards has been canceled.

In his visit to Mumbai on Thursday, Lav Agarwal said that states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have witnessed an increase in the number of cases.

“We are working to strengthen containment efforts. They must be strict. We are working with state governments to ensure that the rules are strictly followed,” he said when asked about his plans to visit the most affected states, including Maharashtra. .