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India sees record 4,187 deaths as Covid-19 case numbers surge over 4 lakh for 3rd day


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New Delhi, May 08, 2021:     India on Saturday registered a record spike in deaths due to the Covid-19 infection, pushing the death toll due to the virus to over 2.38 lakh. India has recorded 4,187 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry.

 

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India also saw a spike of 4,01,078 new Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day, a slight drop from the past two days. India on Thursday saw 4.12 lakh cases and 4.14 lakh on Friday. The new spike of just over 4 lakh Covid-19 cases has taken the Covid-19 caseload in India to 2,18,92,676.

A total of 3,18,609 Covid-19 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours, as per the Union health ministry. So

far, 1,79,30,960 people have recovered from the disease, while 16,73,46,544 persons have been vaccinated in the country against the Covid-19 infection.

India has 37,23,446 active cases of Covid-19.

The top five states that have registered the maximum number of Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours are Maharashtra with 54,022 cases, followed by Karnataka with 48,781 cases, Kerala with 38,460 cases, Uttar Pradesh with 27,763 cases and Tamil Nadu with 26,465 cases.

About 48.74 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases have been reported from these five states. Maharashtra alone contributed 13.47 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases India registered in the past 24 hours.

A total of 4,187 people succumbed to the Covid-19 virus in the past 24 hours. The maximum fatalities were reported in Maharashtra (898), followed by Karnataka with 592 daily deaths.


Courtesy:India Today


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