PM Modi to helm meet with CMs of high Covid states

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ PM Modi to chair a high-level virtual meeting on 23rd September with CMs and Health Ministers of seven Covid-19 high burden states/UTs to review the Covid response and management. These states/UTs are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, UP, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab.

India’s COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed. The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 55,62,663, with 75,083 new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 88,935 as the virus claimed 1,053 more lives during the same period, according to the data updated at 8 am.