Bhubaneswar: May 08: The total number of confirmed cases in India is now 56,342 and the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1886, as informed by Health Ministry.
The country registered an increase of 103 deaths and 3,390 cases in last 24 hours.
The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 37,916 and 16,539 people have recovered.
The recovery percentage is now 29.36%. In last 24 hours, 1273 people have recovered.
Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit State with 17,974 cases, followed by Gujarat (7012), Delhi (5980), Tamilnadu (5409), Rajasthan (3427), Madhya Pradesh (3252) and Uttar Pradesh (3071).
Health Ministry said, in 216 districts of the country no positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected. In 42 districts, no new cases have been detected in last 28 days.
