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As India continues its battle against the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of cases in India rise to 8356 which includes 7367 active cases, 716 cured cases, 1 migrant patient and 273 dead. 909 cases and 34 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours as per Ministry of Health and family welfare latest data.

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As India continues its battle against the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of cases in India rise to 8356 which includes 7367 active cases, 716 cured cases, 1 migrant patient and 273 dead. 909 cases and 34 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours as per the Ministry of Health and family welfare latest data.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief ministers held a meeting on Saturday and an extension of the lockdown was a broad consensus. In the meeting, most states requested PM Modi to extend the lockdown for two more weeks and the government is considering this request. The PM will take a final call soon. The ongoing lockdown is set to end on April 14.

According to the Johns Hopkins University data, the fatal virus that was first reported in China in December 2019, has infected over 17,73,358 people globally with claiming around 1,08,702 lives.

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