Owing to the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country, which has crossed the 9000 mark so far, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make an official announcement on extension of the lockdown till April 30 tomorrow at 10 am. After requests from states to extend the current nationwide lock down, PM Modi is widely expected to announce about the lockdown extension in his address to the nation tomorrow, while also mentioning about the measures to restart the economy. 

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 10 AM on 14th April 2020.

â PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 13, 2020

According to a report in NDTV, during his meeting with 13 Chief Ministers on Saturday, Modi had agreed that a longer lockdown was necessary to fight the highly contagious virus but had talked about saving livelihoods as well as lives.

In the meeting, he indicated that while saving lives is a priority, the economy also needs to restart. "Jaan bhi, jahaan bhi (both life and economy are important).â

Although, it looks like people on social media are excited for different reasons altogether. On a lighter note, some of them shared memes on Bigg Bossâs next task this week.

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â $ushil pandey Journalist..100%FB (@sushilpandey088) April 13, 2020

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â Jitð®ð³ð®ð³ (@jit__panda) April 13, 2020

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â Pranav Sapra (@pranavsapra) April 13, 2020

Galti se Masakali 2.0 mat bajaiyega Varna thaaliyan sidhi TV pe aayengi.

â Jainil Parmar (@justaslimkid) April 13, 2020

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â the jadoo guy (@thejadooguy) April 13, 2020

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â Amrita Bhinder (@amritabhinder) April 13, 2020

Even though the lockdown might get extended, there are still concerns that India's economy will take a severe hit amid the lockdown, with unemployment rising to record levels. Meanwhile industries, construction work and agriculture activities are likely to be allowed in a graded manner. India has 9,152 coronavirus cases, including 308 deaths. Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Odisha, have already extended the coronavirus lockdown till April 30.

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