4 thousand 919 cases so far: Central government is considering increasing lockdown, many states and experts appealed to Modi government

• Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao suggested extending the lockdown till 3 June
• Uttar Pradesh government also indicated on Monday that the lockdown will not end on April 14
• In the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Modi asked the ministers to prepare the action plan after the lockdown.

The 21-day lockdown issued in the country can be extended. Sources in the government told Inventiva on Tuesday that the central government is considering this aspect after appeals from several state governments and experts. Earlier, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also suggested extending the lockdown to June 3, while he himself was preparing to declare his state a corona free a week earlier. The Uttar Pradesh government has also indicated that it will increase the lockdown. State Additional Chief Secretary Home Avnish Awasthi had said that it is impossible to say now if we will end the lockdown on April 14.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the cabinet meeting on Monday instructed the ministers to prepare an action plan after the lockdown. During this time, he indicated that this lockdown would be phased out gradually.
So far 4 thousand 919 cases: For the first time After 8 days , the number of infected people decreased
There are 4 thousand 919 patients of coronavirus infection in the country. On Tuesday, 138 new cases were reported. Of these 24 reported positive in Rajasthan, 23–23 in Maharashtra – Haryana, 19 in Gujarat, 12–12 in Madhya Pradesh – Karnataka, 11–11 in West Bengal – Punjab and 1–1 in Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh. The Union Health Ministry says that the infection has reached between the second and third stages. However, it happened for the first time yesterday in the last 8 days when a decrease was observed in new cases. 489 reports came out positive during the day. On 28 March there was a 141 increase in the number of infected. The next day it decreased and 115 new cases were reported. After this, the number of infected increased every day.

The disease has spread to 27 states and 5 union territories. 137 people have died, while 386 have recovered from the disease. These figures are according to the website covid19india.org. At the same time, according to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 4 thousand 421 cases of corona infection have been reported in the country till 9 am on Tuesday. Out of these 3 thousand 981 patients are under treatment. 325 have recovered, while 114 have died.

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The Himachal Pradesh cabinet decided to cut the salaries of ministers, legislators, chairpersons, as well as vice-presidents of different boards and corporations by 30% for one year. The MLA fund will not be released for 2 years. This amount will be deposited in the coronavirus fund of the state government.

An FIR has been lodged at Azad Maidan police station against 150 people who returned from Tabligi Jamaat in Mumbai. They are accused of violating Quarantine rules.

A case was registered against 36 people belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat in Chirgarh’s Kerba. They are accused of hiding their travel details and endangering the lives of others. One of these people was found infected.

In Andhra Pradesh, a 4-year-old child donated Rs 971 deposited in his bank in the Chief Minister Relief Fund. He wanted to buy a bicycle with this money.