Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to chief ministers of four states, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand to take stock of the situation pertaining to coronavirus disease. He also called up the lieutenant governors of Puducherry & Jammu & Kashmir to evaluate the coronavirus crisis in their Union territories. Jharkhand reported 141 new fatalities taking the death toll to 3,346, while 5,770 new positive cases pushed the state's tally to 2,63,115. Telangana reported 6,026 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to over 4.75 lakh while the death toll stood at 2,579 with 52 more casualties. The Union territory of Puducherry logged 1,510 fresh cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 66,627.

Source: Hindustan Times May 06, 2021 15:31 UTC