Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the chief ministers of seven states, which are majorly contributing to the country’s COVID-19 caseload on Wednesday.
The meeting comes just before the completion of Unlock 4 — the last phase of the unlocking, which is scheduled to end on September 30. The country went under a nationwide lock down from March 25.
The prime minister held several virtual meetings with the chief minister of various states to discuss the COVID-19 situation.
It is learnt that the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will attend the meeting.
The seven states are worst-hit and account for 63 per cent of the country’s total caseload.
Maharashtra, Delhi and Punjab are reporting a case fatality rate of at least 2 per cent. The cases have also been surging in these states.
Center is sending its team to states to help state governments in containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management. Recently, a team was sent to J&K. The Covid-19 situation of Delhi is also being monitored by a Center-Delhi government joint team. It will be assessed whether these seven states need central guidance at this point of time.
A team was recently sent to Jammu & Kashmir. Delhi’s COVID-19 situation is being monitored by a joint team of Center and the Delhi government. The meeting will assess whether the seven states need any further central guidance.
On Tuesday, India crossed the 5.5 million-mark in terms of number of corona virus disease cases. But the Union health ministry said that the country’s active cases are less than a fifth of the total tally.
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 18,390 fresh Covid-19 infections, pushing the total to 1,242,770. The state surpassed 60 lakh Covid tests with its highest number of samples tested in a 24-hour period with 105,026 tests. Active number of cases in the state stood at 272,410.
Delhi, on the other hand, has recorded 3,816 fresh cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to over 2.53 lakh, while the death count climbed to 5,051.
