Sources from New delhi stated that prime minister narendra modi will interact with chief ministers via video conference on april 27 morning on the way ahead in the fight against coronavirus, official sources said on Wednesday. This will be the third video conference of the prime minister with the chief ministers after the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In the last interaction on april 11, several chief ministers had recommended extension of the 21-day lockdown by two weeks, which was slated to end on april 14 earlier.
On april 14, the prime minister announced that the lockdown is being extended till May 3. Before the lockdown was announced on march 24, modi had interacted with the chief ministers on march 20 to discuss ways and means to check the spread of coronavirus. Moreover india reported 1,486 coronavirus cases on wednesday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 20,471. 49 people have died due to Covid19 in the last 24 hours in the country. The number of deaths across the country stands at 652, the health Ministry said.
The overall count of COVID-19 cases in india jumped to 20,471. This includes 15,859 active cases, 3960 cured and discharged and 652 people who succumbed to the virus, said the statement released by the Ministry of health and Family Welfare Department.The worst affected state right now is Maharashtra. It has reported 5221 active cases. delhi is the next state with over 2800 cases including 47 deaths.More than 60 per cent of cases are from maharashtra, gujarat, delhi, rajasthan and Tamilnadu. Globally, the pandemic has affected more than 25,00,000 people and has claimed 1,72,000 lives. The worst-hit united states has reported more than 40000 deaths, followed by over 20000 fatalities in spain, italy and France.
