PM Modi to address the nation at 8 pm today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today at 8 pm, amid speculations about lockdown 4.0. PM Modi's address comes a day after his meeting with chief ministers over the Covid-19-induced lockdown. Taking to Twitter, the leader's office stated, "PM Modi will address the country at 8 PM tonight." 

The last time the head administrator had tended to the country was on April 14 when he had declared the expansion of the across the nation lockdown till 3 May. The declaration of the third period of lockdown till 17 May was finished by Union Ministry of Home Affairs. India is in the third period of lockdown which will end on May 17.

On Monday, PM Modi held a video conference meeting with Chief Ministers of all states to discuss the road ahead in India's fight against the novel



coronavirus. He said the need was to reduce the transmission rate of Covid-19 and to increase public activity gradually while adhering to all the guidelines. "I am of the firm view that the measures needed in the first phase of lockdown were not needed during the second phase and similarly the measures needed in the third phase are not needed in the fourth," the Prime Minister.

PM Modi has asked states to send in suggestions for changes to the current rules by May 15.

Meanwhile, the death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 2,293 and the number of cases climbed to 70,756 in the country (as of 8 am) today, according to the data by Union health ministry. The highest number of 23,401 confirmed cases is from Maharashtra, followed by Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.