Coronavirus update: Kejriwal says Modi to extend lockdown

The Narendra Modi government will extend the nationwide lockdown, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted after a video conference between the PM and various CMs:

PM has taken correct decision to extend lockdown. Today, India’s position is better than many developed countries because we started lockdown early. If it is stopped now, all gains would be lost. To consolidate, it is imp to extend it

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 11, 2020 

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy suggested that the lockdown be extended but only at affected zones. 
• His government halso started a scheme to procure five crops directly from farmers through 700 centres.
• The global death of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crossed the 100,000 mark, April 11, 2020. The number of positive cases worldover was above 1.7 million, accpording to aggregator Worldometer.
• In India, the death toll was already at 250, according to crowd-sourcing website Covid19india.org. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare put it slightly lower at 239.
• The number of cases positive to the virus SARS-CoV-2 was 7,447, according to the ministry.
• Maharashtra alone accounted for a 110 deaths amid 1,574 cases.
• Nearly two-thirds of the state's cases were in capital Mumbai.
• The state, arguably India's most industrialised, has extended the state of lockdown to April 30.
• Tamil Nadu's tally was above 900.
• Internationally, 4 per cent of the patients remained serious or critical.
• The United States crossed the 0.5 million cases mark, resulting in 18,761 deaths only a tad short of Italy's toll.

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