Today Sunday is the 19th day of lockdown in India. This lockdown affects every single citizen, from industrialist to labour, Minister to farmers, but this is not enough to fight from this pandemic. Government has declared hotspot to the most affected areas such as Mumbai, Delhi, etc. West Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra, and Telangana extended lockdown till 30 April.

Had yet another fruitful interaction with all Chief Ministers, the third such one in the last few days. We continued the extensive deliberations relating to the COVID-19 situation in India. https://t.co/nrCQW4lbOR

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 11, 2020

PM Modi clarified that life is essential, hence the nationwide extension of lockdown may be announced today or tomorrow. Yesterday PM Modi had a video conference with the chief ministers of Indian states.

1426 Tablighi jamaties are identified so far all over India. This may decrease the rate of rising statistics. Indian government urges you to install Aarogya Setu application in your Android device to get the latest guidelines.

As per the source, there are a total of 8453 cases in India, around 7192 cases are active, and 289 patients lose their life. More than 600 cases confirmed in India in last 24 hours.

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