PM Will Today Hold A Video Conferencing With Chief Ministers

PM will today hold a new round of discussions with Chief Ministers on approaches to check the spread of the infection even as India’s Covid-19 count crossed 3.3 lakh cases yesterday and the loss of life outperformed 9,500.

PM Modi will hold a video-meeting with chief ministers, Lt governors, and overseers of 21 states and union territories today. These incorporate Punjab, Kerala, Goa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, the northeastern states, and a few UTs. The PM will connect with chief ministers of 15 states and the LG of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

These incorporate high caseload states like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. The two-day virtual meet comes against the background of a rising number of coronavirus cases in the nation. These will be the 6th and seventh meetings between the PM and different chief ministers on the COVID-19 emergency.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 178 additional deaths, the most noteworthy spike in a solitary day, taking the number of fatalities to 4,128. With 2,786 new location, the all outnumber of cases in the state hopped to 1,10,744.

The Tamil Nadu government declared a complete lockdown for Chennai and its rural areas from June 19-30 when just essential services would be permitted. The choice followed proposals from a specialist board on downsizing lockdown relaxations to check the spread of the infection in the state, which recorded 44 passings and more than 1,800 new cases to take its count to 479 fatalities and more than 46,000 affirmed cases.

The number of COVID-19 tests would be expanded to 18,000 every day in the country from June 20, the decision AAP, and the principle resistance in the Delhi BJP said after an all-party meeting held by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Additionally, fundamental hardware like oxygen chambers, ventilators, and heartbeat oximeters for treatment of COVID-19 patients will be given by the Inside to Delhi and 37,000 beds will be orchestrated continuously end for patients in Delhi.