Maharashtra on Tuesday reported as many as 27,918 Covid-19 cases pushing the total tally to 27,73,436. However, the state witnessed a dip in daily novel coronavirus cases count as against 31,000 fresh cases recorded on 29 March. The state had reported its highest-ever single-day spike with 40,414 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, 28 March. Maharashtra has been conducting more than 1.50 lakh tests every day on average for the detection of coronavirus positive cases. “Five states namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 79.30% of the total active cases in the country.

Source: Mint March 31, 2021 08:57 UTC