Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
NEW DELHI : As coronavirus cases ebb in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the pandemic situation in the country and the public health response.
India reported 4,575 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. The government data shows that the active caseload of the country has risen to 46,962 at present which accounts for 0.11% of total cases.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya were present at the meeting along with top officials. The daily positivity rate stands at 0.51% while the weekly positivity rate is 0.62%.
Meanwhile, a total of 7,416 people have been recovered from the Covid infection in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative recoveries to 4,24,13,566.