PM Modi to address nation on 14 April at 10 AM

April 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 am on April 14, i.e. the last day of the 21-day lockdown in the country, said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a tweet on Monday afternoon. It is expected that the Prime Minister might announce an extension of the lockdown till April 30 but with certain relaxations.

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 10 AM on 14th April 2020.

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2020

States like Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab etc have already extended the lockdown till April 30. Speculations are rife that the Modi government may initiate an experiment to get the economy going in ‘graded manner’ even though it’s likely the nation-wide lockdown may be extended by two more weeks. On March 24, PM Modi appeared on television at 8 pm and told the nation that it was going to be locked down for the next three weeks to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.

While India has entered Day 20 of its 21-day nationwide lockdown, the total number of confirmed coronavirus confirmed cases in the country has risen to 9,240. The death toll has climbed to 331, according to Worldometer. Among states, three have recorded more than 1,000 cases so far — Maharashtra (2,064), Delhi (1,154), and Tamil Nadu (1,075). Meanwhile, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have witnessed a decline in the number of new cases.