While the Delhi Health Minister has insisted that community transmission has begun in Delhi, the central government is yet to announce it officially and several officials still maintain that the third phase of coronavirus transmission has not commenced till now. Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain told reporters today, "There are 31,309 COVID-19 cases in Delhi, of which 18,543 are active cases. Yesterday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain had hinted that community transmission was already occurring in the national capital as more than half the cases of infection could not be traced. The minister said that declaring the 'community transmission' phase can only be done by the central government authorities. Since it is a technical term, it depends on the Centre whether they accept it or not," said Satyendra Jain.

Source: dna June 10, 2020 06:45 UTC