Shawdesh Desk:

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (Tuesday) held a video conference with Chief Ministers of 10 states to review the coronavirus situation.

This is the eight round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on June 17.

Today, the Prime Minister is discussing thecoronavirus situation with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.

The virtual meeting comes as India recorded a single-day of 53,601 cases and 871 fatalities on Tuesday taking the total number of infections to 22,68,676 and the death toll to 45,257.

Of the total cases, 6,39,929 are active while a whopping 15,83,490 patients have been cured of the deadly infection.