No cases in 25 dists in 2 weeks

The Health Ministry on Monday said 25 districts across 15 states had reported zero cases in last 14 days even as 796 new infections and 35 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. This takes the total confirmed cases to 9152, including 308 deaths. Meanwhile, the ICMR said it had enough stocks to test for 6 weeks. "Till yesterday, 2,06,213 tests were done; we have 14 mentor institutes who will look at the feasibility of more labs," an ICMR official said. Amid requests from states to extend the nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 am tomorrow, the last day of the 21-day lockdown. At least 7 states – Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana — have already announced an extension.