In a tweet on Saturday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he will especially focus on the COVID-19 situation in today’s Mann Ki Baat
New Delhi| Of the 312 COVID-19 cases reported from across the country in the last three days, 80% were from 16 cities and districts. Five of these — Delhi, Mumbai, Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Kasaragod (Kerala) and Nawanshahr (Punjab) — account for over 40% of these cases.
With 194 fresh cases, including two deaths, being reported in the last 24 hours — the highest single-day spike till now was 88 on March 26 — the count has now gone up to 918. While 79 have recovered, 19 have died.
The other districts which saw a spike in the last three days are Indore and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh; Pathanamthitta and Kannur in Kerala; Pune and Sangli in Maharashtra; Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh; Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Karimnagar (Telangana), Leh (Ladakh) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today give his first “Mann Ki Baat” radio address during the three-week shutdown necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled several nations.
Tune in tomorrow at 11.
Tomorrow’s episode will be focused on the situation prevailing due to COVID-19. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/wWybvdLW8k
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 28, 2020
The novel coronavirus had infected over 6 lakh people worldwide and led to more than 30,000 deaths.
The United States has now recorded more than 122,000 cases of the respiratory virus, the most of any country in the world.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced stricter lockdown measures that will force all non-essential workers to stay at home for the next two weeks, as the government reported 832 new coronavirus deaths overnight.
The latest moves are aimed at combating the virus in Spain, the second-worst affected country in Europe after Italy.
In India, the lockdown is also applicable on domestic and international flights and the railways. Inter-state movement too is allowed only for essential services such as groceries and medical supplies.
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