As India entered the final phase of nationwide lockdown, the centre on Thursday explored the strategy to contain the virus spread in the most-affected areas.
India has identified 13 cities that contributed 70% of the total coronavirus cases in the country. With the states registering over 7,000 fresh cases in last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally crossed 1.65 lakh-mark.
These 13 cities were Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Thane, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Howrah, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Chengalpattu and Thiruvallur.
Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba and state chief secretaries took stock of the situation in these on Thursday ahead of the end of the lockdown 4.0.