India on Saturday recorded over 4 lakh daily cases of COVID-19 for the fourth time in a week with more than 4,000 deaths linked to the virus. A day after reporting the world's highest daily surge, India recorded 4.01 lakh cases today, taking the active caseload to 37,23,446. In the last 24 hours, 4,187 people have died from the COVID-19 virus, taking total deaths to 2.38 lakh, the Union Health Ministry data revealed. At least 30 districts had shown a steep upward trend in cases over the last two weeks, the Health Ministry said. The Union Health Ministry Friday said states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand have shown plateauing of daily COVID-19 cases gradually.

Source: dna May 08, 2021 05:26 UTC