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India records over 66 lakh Covid-19 cases in April
Covid-19 caseload has risen to 1,87,67,962 -- from 1,21,49,335 at the end of March 2021.India started reporting over one lakh cases from April 5 onwards, this year. The single-day rise in the number of cases went past two lakh from April 15, and from April 22, it started reporting more than three lakh coronavirus cases each day.Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan have emerged as the states of concern in the last four weeks, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said on Friday.Sharing data, Agarwal said from April 1-14, Maharashtra contributed 43.2 per cent cases, followed by Chhattisgarh (7.4 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh (6.2 per cent).