Delhi seems to have hit COVID-19 peak, AIIMS Director Dr.Randeep Guleria said on Monday. "Certain areas have hit their peak. Delhiseems to have done so because the cases have declined significantly. Certainareas are yet to reach the peak. Cases are increasing in certain states. Theywill reach the peak a little later," he said at a press conference today.

The total number of cases in Delhi now stand at 1,22,793.Out of these,published,03,134 patients have recovered. The death toll is 3,628. In thelast 24 hours, Delhi recorded 1,211 fresh coronavirus cases, the lowest in overa month, and 31 deaths due to the disease.

Dr. Guleria said the mortality rate in Southeast Asia, notjust India, was much lower than that in Italy, Spain or the United States.

On community transmission, the AIIMS Director said there wasnot much evidence of it at the national level. "But there are hotspots,even in cities where there is a spike of cases and it is very likely that localcommunity transmission in those areas is happening," he said.