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Maharashtra recorded 2,682 new coronavirus cases and 116 deaths on Friday, but in good news, 8,381 COVID-19 patients — highest in one day so far — were discharged from hospitals in the state.

It took the total number of cases in the state to 62,228, death toll due to the pandemic so far to 2,098 while the number of recoverd patients jumped to 26,998, said a health official here.

Coronavirus figures for Maharashtra: total number of cases 62,228, new cases 2,682, total number of deaths 2,098, number of discharged cases 26,998, active cases 33,133, number of samples tested 4,33,557. 

India’s COVID-19 cases count crossed 1.65 lakh on Friday after a record 7,466 more cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll due to the disease reached 4,706 with 175 people succumbing to the disease.

Upon completion of one year in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wrote an open letter to the nation. In the letter, he mentioned the several achievements of his government.

The PM also wrote at length about the challenges India continues to face amid the novel coronavirus outbreak and the global economic downturn this pandemic has prompted.

“From 2014 to 2019, India’s stature rose significantly. The dignity of the poor was enhanced. The nation achieved financial inclusion, free gas and electricity connections, total sanitation coverage, and made progress towards ensuring housing for all,” PM Narendra Modi wrote in his letter.

In addition, the Prime Minister also pointed at various posts initiated by his government such as the appointment of General Bipin Rawat as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, the preparation for Mission Gaganyaan, and a campaign to vaccinate 50 crore livestock free of cost among others.

Elaborating on the schemes of his government that have brought changes across India, PM Modi mentioned the disbursement of Rs 72,000 crore to as many as 9.5 lakh farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. He also mentions the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to ensure supply of potable drinking water through piped connections to over 15 crore rural households.

“For the first time in our country’s history, farmers, farm labourers, small shopkeepers and workers in unorganised sector are assured the provision of regular monthly pension of Rs 3,000 after the age of 60 years,” the Prime Minister wrote in his letter to the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to the citizens of India to mark the first anniversary of his second term in office. The PM Modi-led NDA government had first come to power on May 26, 2014. He was re-elected as PM with a landslide victory on May 23. he took an oath to the office again on May 30.

In his letter, PM Modi has shared the various schemes launched by the Modi government during the first and second term and the monumental challenges faced by it.

“This day last year began a golden chapter in the history of Indian democracy. It was after several decades that the people of the country voted back a full-term government with a full majority. Once again, I bow to the 130 crore people of India and the democratic ethos of our nation,” PM Modi said in the letter.

He noted that during normal times, the celebrations for the first anniversary would have been different. “During normal times, I would have been in your midst. However, the present circumstances do not permit that. That is why I seek your blessings through this letter,” the PM said.

PM Narendra Modi said that since 2014, the nation has witnessed some major transformations. “In the last five years, the nation saw how the administrative apparatus broke itself free of status quo and from the swamp of corruption as well as misgovernance,” the prime minister said.

Counting the achievements of his first term, PM Modi said, “From 2014 to 2019, India’s stature rose significantly. The dignity of the poor was enhanced. The nation achieved financial inclusion, free gas and electricity connections, total sanitation coverage, and made progress towards ensuring ‘Housing for All’.”