Coronavirus Cases In India Cross 10,000-Mark, 339 Deaths: 10 Points

New Delhi: The total number of coronavirus cases in India has crossed the 10,000, with 339 deaths, according to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry. 31 people have died and 1,211 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours alone. The jump comes on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 am on the nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus, after requests from states to extend it.

1. PM Modi is widely expected to announce a roadmap for an extended lockdown to tackle the rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
2. Hours before the Prime Minister's address, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a video message this morning praised the coronavirus warriors, saying they were fighting the pandemic despite the lack of resources.
3. States that have the most coronavirus cases are Maharashtra (2,334), Delhi (1,510), Tamil Nadu (1,173), Rajasthan (873) and Madhya Pradesh (604).
4. Delhi registered 356 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours on Monday, the sharpest single-day spike that took the capital's tally to 1,510. Four more people have died, taking the total to 28, health officials said.
5. Chennai has made protective masks mandatory for those stepping out of their homes in the city. Chennai has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu. On Monday, Chief Minister K Palaniswami has ordered the extension of the complete lockdown in the state by two weeks. Tamil Nadu is the sixth state to announce the extension of the lockdown. Earlier, Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana had extended the lockdown till April 30.
6. Meghalaya had its first coronavirus case on Monday when a well-known doctor at Shillong's Bethany Hospital was tested positive. The patient has no travel history, sources say, adding he might have contracted the virus through a "silent carrier".
7. In Kerala, the coronavirus curve has started to flatten, a state minister tweeted on Monday. The state has a high number of recoveries. second only to Maharashtra.
8. The United States recorded 1,509 deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The outbreak has now claimed the lives of at least 23,529 people in the US, the most of any country.
9. New York's governor declared on Monday that the "worst is over" for the state, despite deaths passing 10,000, as several states began devising a plan to reopen their shuttered economies.
10. The virus which originated in central China's Wuhan last year has so far infected more than 1.8 million worldwide.