COVID-19 lockdown: After meeting CMs yesterday, Narendra Modi to address nation today
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian PM Narendra Modi will address the nation on Tuesday, just a day after he attended a video conference meeting with Chief Ministers of different states to discuss the COVID-19 situation of the country.
PMO India tweeted: "Shri @narendramodiwill be addressing the nation at 8 PM this evening."
Shri @narendramodi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM this evening.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 12, 2020
Modi on Monday interacted with the Chief Ministers of all the States and UTs in the country to discuss the road ahead in India’s fight against COVID-19.
In his opening remarks, the Prime Minister said, “We now have reasonably clear indication as to the geographical spread of the pandemic in India, including the worst affected areas. Moreover, over the past few weeks, officials have understood operating procedures in a time such as this, right up to the District level.”
Modi said that this understanding of the spread of COVID-19 will help the country in having a focussed fight against it.
“And therefore, we can now further focus our strategy in this battle against coronavirus, as should be the case. We have a twofold challenge – to reduce the transmission rate of the disease, and to increase public activity gradually, while adhering to all the guidelines, and we will have to work towards achieving both these objectives," he said.
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The Prime Minister further said now the effort should be to stop the spread of the COVID-19 to rural areas.
Modi said the suggestions made by the States for a roadmap on Economy have been given due consideration.
India on Tuesday breached the grim milestone of 70,000 novel coronavirus cases, as the country witnessed a sharp rise of 3604 cases in past 24 hours.
According to Health Ministry data, the country has now a total of 70,756 COVID-19 cases while the death toll now stands at 2293 as 87 fresh fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours across the nation.
There are 46,008 active cases in India at present. As many as 1,538 people have recovered from the illness in past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries till now to 22,454.
Maharashtra continues to remain at top spot among the maximum number of coronavirus cases with tally reaching at 23401 with 868 deaths so far.
The second worst-hit state -- Gujarat, too, continues to report high number of COVID-19 cases with current tally at 8541 and 513 deaths.
The national capital - Delhi - now houses 7233 confirmed cases of COVID with fatalities reaching 65.
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