PM Modi to hold meeting with chief ministers on March 17 over surge in Covid cases

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to hold a meeting with chief ministers of all states and UTs on March 17 via video-conferencing. The primary agenda of this virtual meeting will be the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in different parts of the country.

This meeting between PM Modi and the chief ministers will take place at 12.30 pm on March 17



(Wednesday).

Even earlier, the Prime Minister held multiple such virtual meetings with the chief ministers of various states and UTs to take stock of the situation.

On Monday, India recorded 26,291 new COVID-19 cases, its highest single-day spike in 85 days, taking the country's infection tally to 1,13,85,339, according to Union health ministry data.