New Delhi: As many 2293 COVID-19 cases and 71 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 37336 in the country on Saturday.
The total cases are inclusive of 26167 active cases, 9950 cured/ discharged/ migrated and 1218 deaths.
The recovery rate – number of patients who have successfully fought the illness – stood at 26.64 per cent this morning. A total of 9,951 patients have recovered so far.
In the state of Maharashtra, the number of coronavirus positive cases has crossed the 10,000-mark with at least 485 deaths.
The positive cases in Maharashtra has reached 11,506, including 1,879 discharged cases.
After Maharashtra, Gujarat has the most number of COVID-19 cases (4,721). The state has reported 236 deaths, while 735 people have been discharged.
The Centre on Friday extended the ongoing nationwide lockdown for two more weeks with effect from May 4 till May 17 while allowing different sets of relaxations in red, orange and green zones.
