New Delhi Apr 24 PTI With several festivals coming up Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to stay alert of the coronavirus and continue to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour such as wearing masks and washing handsIn his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast Modi said that in the coming days the festival of Eid Akshaya Tritiya birth anniversary of Bhagwan Parashuram and Vaishakh Budh Purnima will be celebratedAll these festivals are festivals of restraint purity charity and harmony Advance greetings to all of you on the occasion of these festivals Celebrate these festivals with great gaiety and harmony Modi saidIn the midst of all this you also have to be alert of corona virus Wearing a mask washing hands at regular intervals whatever are the necessary measures for prevention keep following them the prime minister stressedModi will hold a meeting with chief ministers on the emerging COVID-19 situation in the country on Wednesday through video conference official sources had said on SaturdayUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will make a presentation on the matter they saidWith 2593 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day Indias total tally of cases rose to 43057545 while the active cases increased to 15873 according to Union health ministry data updated on SundayThe death toll climbed to 522193 with 44 fresh fatalities the data updated at 8 am statedThe cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 18767 crore PTI ASK KR ASK ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with chief ministers on the emerging COVID-19 situation in the country on Wednesday through video conference official sources said on SaturdayUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will make a presentation on the matter they saidWith 2527coronavirus infections being reported in a day Indias total tally of cases rose to 43054952 while active cases have increased to 15079 according to Union health ministry data updated on SaturdayThe death toll has climbed to 522149 with 33 fatalities the data updated at 8 am statedThe active cases comprise 004 per cent of the total infectionswhile the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 9875 per cent the health ministry saidAn increase of 838cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours PTI PLB NSD