PM Modi to interact with leading doctors from across the country at 4:30 pm

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will be interacting with leading doctors from across the country via video conferencing on the COVID19 situation, at 4:30 pm. At 6 pm, he will hold a video conference with top pharma companies in the country.

This comes at a time when India reported the highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases with over 2.73 lakh fresh infections and 1,619 deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the Health Ministry, India reported at least 2,73,810 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the country to 1,50,61,919. There are currently 19,29,329 active cases in the country as of Monday. The death toll reached 1,78,769 with additional 1,619 fatalities.

In the last 24 hours, as many as 1,44,178 people recovered from the virus. With this, the total number of recoveries reached 1,29,53,821 in India.