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PM Modi holds 'high-level meeting' as Covid-19 cases rise in India

India reported a record 93,249 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday pushing the overall tally to 124,85,509,

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting senior civil servants in Delhi to review rising Covid-19 cases in the country and the vaccination campaign, multiple reports said on Sunday.

The cabinet secretary, the principal secretary to the Prime Minister, the health secretary, and Dr Vinod Paul, a NITI Aayog member, were among officials attending the "high-level meeting", according to NDTV.com and news agency ANI.

India reported a record 93,249 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday pushing the overall tally to 124,85,509, according to government data. The death toll from the disease increased to 164.

India's biggest cities braced for stricter lockdowns and other Covid-19 curbs

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