Summary:
Karnataka Saturday emerged as a top contributor with 41,779 cases, while Maharashtra reported 39,923 cases.
Also, Maharashtra contributed 714 deaths, while 373 came from Karnataka.
311 from Uttar Pradesh.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a high-level meeting on the Covid-19 related situation and vaccination in the country.
The meeting began at around 11 am.
On Friday, sounding a note of caution to farmers and rural areas, PM Modi said Covid-19 was spreading to villages at a “rapid” pace but said India will not lose courage and will fight the pandemic and win.
Meanwhile, West Bengal announced a lockdown till May 30 with some relaxations.
With the lockdown in place for close to four weeks, Covid cases in Delhi have finally started to dip.
Delhi reported 6,500 cases in the past 24 hours and the positivity rate has also dipped to 11 percent, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.
He also said that Oxygen concentrator banks are being set up in each Delhi district for those under home isolation.