- India Sees Daily Jump of Over 53,000 Cases
New Delhi(Sanjay Minka)-Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with chief ministers of 10 states at 11am today to discuss the Covid-19 situation as India recorded over 53,000 new cases in a span of 24 hours. With 53,601 new cases, India’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 22,68,675. In the last 24 hours, 871 additional deaths have been reported and the total number of fatalities has risen to 45,257. The states expected to be part of the conference are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. In his earlier interaction with chief ministers, PM Modi had rubbished speculations of imposition of a lockdown and asked all CMs to decide on the strategy to fight the pandemic.
