COVID-19 LIVE: Maharashtra reports 1,089 new cases, total mounts to 19,063

20:53 May 08

Kerala CM: A person, who returned from Chennai, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Ernakulam today, taking total number of active cases to 16 in Kerala. A total of 19810 people are in home quarantine & 347 others are admitted to different hospitals in the state.

20:53 May 08

Uttarakhand:1 COVID-19 positive case reported in Udham Singh Nagar district today; the total number of positive cases in the state is now 63

20:50 May 08

Tamil Nadu: Number of COVID-19 cases has reached 6,009 in Tamil Nadu including 1,605 recovered/discharged & 40 deaths. 

Number of active cases stands at 4,361. 

20:50 May 08

90 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Madhya Pradesh, taking total number of cases to 3341 including 1349 recovered/discharged & 200 deaths. 

20:50 May 08

No positive case reported today in Jharkhand till 8 pm today. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 132. 

20:48 May 08

Maharashtra: Number of COVID-19 cases has reached 19063, with 1,089 more people testing positive today. 

37 people lost their lives due to the disease in last 24 hours, taking COVID-19 death toll to 731. 

Number of recovered/discharged patients stands at 3470. 

13:13 May 08

Karnataka

Karnataka: 45 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported from 5 PM yesterday to 12 noon today.

 Total number of positive cases in the state stand at 750, this includes 30 deaths & 371 discharged. 

13:11 May 08

Andhra Pradesh: 54 new positive cases & 3 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 1887. 

Total discharged are 842 till date. Death toll rise to 41. 

13:06 May 08

3,390 cases, 103 deaths in 24 hrs takes India tally to 56,342 

Despite hundreds of districts said to be corona free for sometime, India on Friday recorded a surge in the number of positive cases taking its tally to 56,342 as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Delhi continued to pile up cases.

According to the Union Health Ministry of the total cases, 37,916 are active while 1,886 people have lost their lives. There were 3,390 people to tested positive in just 24 hours while 103 died in the same time.

A total of 16,593 have also recovered as India undergoes the third-phase of the nation-wide lockdown as the shutdown period touched Day 45. A total of 111 foreign nationals and one migrated patient is included in the tally, said the Health Ministry.

According to the ministry, Andaman-Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Manipur remain corona-free while the number in Andhra Pradesh has increased to 1,847, out of which 780 have been discharged from the hospital, and reached 38 have died.

As of Friday morning, the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Assam has increased to 54, out of which 34 have been discharged from hospitals. So far, only one has succumbed to the disease. In West Bengal the figure has reached 1,548, 364 have been discharged and 151 have died so far -- the fatality rate has been high in the state.

The number of positive cases in Bihar has reached 550, of which 246 have been discharged. Five have died so far. While, in Chandigarh, the virus-count has reached 135 out of which 21 were discharged and one has died.

In Chhattisgarh, the total tally has reached 59, of which 38 have been discharged. Whereas, in Dadra and Nagar Haveli only one COVID-19 case has been reported so far.

Maharashtra continues to top the tally with 17,974 cases and 694 fatalities, while 3,301 people were cured in the state. It is followed by Gujarat with 7,012 cases and 425 deaths and 1,709 recovered.

There are at least 5,980 cases in the national capital with 1,931 recoveries and 66 deaths. Other states which saw an increased number of cases are Tamil Nadu (5,409), Rajasthan (3,427), Madhya Pradesh (3,252) and Uttar Pradesh (3,071).

The COVID-19 count in Haryana has reached 625, while 260 have been discharged. The state has reported seven deaths so far. In Himachal Pradesh the figure has increased to 46, 38 have been discharged, and two have died.

The number of people infected with Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 793, of which 335 have been discharged and nine have died.

As many as 132 cases have been reported in Jharkhand so far -- 41 were discharged and three have died. The figure has reached 705 in Karnataka, 366 was discharged and 30 have died.

In Kerala, this figure has reached 530, with 474 been discharged from hospital and four have died. In Ladakh, the figure has gone up to 42 by Friday morning while 17 have been discharged from the hospital.

There have been 12 cases in Meghalaya, 10 were discharged and one has died. So far only 1 case has been registered in Mizoram. There have been 219 cases in Orissa, 62 have been discharged. Two have died.

The number of people infected with the virus in Puducherry is 9.

Meanwhile, 1,644 people have been reported to be suffering from the virus in Punjab, out of which 149 have been discharged, 28 have died.

In Telangana the figure has reached 1,123, out of which 650 have been discharged and 29 have died.

The number of corona victims in Tripura reached 65 by Friday morning, of which two have been discharged from the hospital so far.

Uttarakhand has reported 61 COVID-19 cases, out of which 39 have been discharged and one has died.

09:28 May 08

Telangana: On 5th May,15 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the state taking total number of active cases to 400. 

Out of the 15 cases, 3 persons had returned from Mumbai,Maharashtra. We are conducting test of all the people who are returning from other states, according to the health department.

09:26 May 08

Rajasthan: 26 new positive cases have been reported today; taking the total number of positive cases to 3,453.

 One death has been reported today; death toll rises to 100.

09:08 May 08

COVID-19 LIVE: 3,390 new cases reported in last 24 hours, total mounts to 56,342

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:The total number of positive Coronavirus patients has reached to 56,342. With 37,916 active cases and 16,539 Cured / Discharged. The death toll due to COVID-19 has mounted to 1,886.