PM Modi to interact with CMs on June 16-17 to discuss C-19 crisis
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of all states and Union Territories over two days on June 16 and 17 to discuss the corona virus situation in the country.
on June 16, PM Modi will interact with CMs of 21 states/UTs – Punjab, Assam, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Himachal, Chandigarh, Goa, Manipur, Nagaland, Ladakh, Puducherry, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Sikkim and Lakshadweep. He will interact with other chief ministers on June 17.
For the first time ever since the coronavirus outbreak in the country, India today recorded over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. According to the worldometer, India’s Covid-19 tally crossed three-lakh cases today. The fourth highest in the world. Officially there have been nearly 8,500 coronavirus deaths, although the true number is widely believed to far higher.
According to the Worldometer and Johns Hopkins University data, India today went past the United Kingdom to become the fourth worst-hit nation by the corona virus pandemic. The Union health ministry has stated that the country’s fatalities count has climbed to 8,498. The country has 1,41,842 active cases and 1,47,194 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.
Anxious to revive the economy after a nearly 70-day lock down, the government this week opened most public transport, offices and malls, even though health officials said the country was weeks away from flattening the curve of infections.
On Friday, the health ministry said the number of cases had increased by 10,956 from the previous day, with new infections rife in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, stretching hospitals to breaking point.
