Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a small video message with the people of the country on Friday. "At 9 am tomorrow morning, I'll share a small video message with my fellow Indians," Modi said in a tweet. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi interacted with the Chief Ministers through video conferencing to discuss measures to combat COVID-19. He also thanked the states for supporting the decision of lockdown due to which India has achieved some success in limiting the spread of COVID-19. In his last address to the nation on March 24, the Prime Minister had announced a 21 day lockdown

There are 11,283 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 5,518 confirmed (including 36 deaths, 224 resolved) Ontario: 2,793 confirmed (including 53 deaths, 831 resolved) British Columbia: 1,121 confirmed (including 31 deaths, 641 resolved) Alberta: 968 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 174 resolved) Saskatchewan: 206 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 36 resolved) Nova Scotia: 193 confirmed (including 16 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 183 confirmed (including 1 death, 10 resolved) Manitoba: 152 confirmed (including 1 death, 11 resolved), 15 presumptive New Brunswick: 91 co

The B.C. government says there are 55 new cases of COVID-19 in the province for a total of 1,121. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says one of the new cases is an inmate at the Okanagan Correctional Centre. She says it's the first positive test in a correctional facility in B.C. Henry also reports that six additional people have died after contracting the virus, bringing the total number of deaths in B.C. to 31. She says 149 people are hospitalized, while 641 people have recovered.

More than 11 million face masks have arrived in Canada in recent days, including a shipment of one million masks that arrived at a Hamilton warehouse overnight, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. He said workers are trying to quickly assess that they meet the needed standards, and that 10 million masks are already being distributed to provinces and territories. He also said the government has ordered hundreds of thousands of face shields from Bauer, the company that normally makes hockey equipment.

Alberta is reporting 96 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the province to 968 cases. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical health officer, also says two men in their 90s have died, bringing the number of deaths to 13. She says the outbreak has spread to nine continuing care centres, including Calgary's McKenzie Towne centre, where there are 65 cases. She says 174 people who tested position in the province have recovered.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says 15 people living in Indigenous communities have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Miller says the virus is a unique challenge in communities that are remote and he says the government is trying to get equipment there to help. But he says COVID-19 is just one of the challenges Indigenous communities are facing this spring, including the risk of flooding.

More than 40 health-care workers at a Winnipeg hospital have been sent home to self-isolate after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials say it will have an impact on services at the Health Sciences Centre and some patients are being moved to a different area. Manitoba officials also report nine residents at a nursing home in Gimli have developed symptoms of respiratory illness and are being tested for COVID-19 after a staff member there tested positive. The province is reporting an additional 40 probable or confirmed cases, bringing the provincial total to 167.

Ontario is reporting 401 more COVID-19 cases today, including 16 more deaths. A Bobcaygeon nursing home is also reporting two more deaths of residents in a COVID-19 outbreak there, bringing the total to 16. In the province, there are now 2,793 cases of COVID-19, including 53 deaths and 831 resolved.

Melania Trump says she has spoken with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau to wish her good health as she recovers from COVID-19. The U.S. first lady says on Twitter that she spoke with her Canadian counterpart earlier today and expressed gratitude for what she calls the special relationship between the two countries as they address pandemic-related challenges. A readout of the call from the White House says Trump and Trudeau discussed the importance of maintaining the economic links between Canada and the U.S., and noted the $1.7 billion US worth of daily trade that crosses their shared border. The two