India reports 4,329 deaths, highest so far
New Delhi, May 18: India reported 2.63 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday. The biggest contributor was Karnataka, which added 38,603 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 33,075 cases.
Maharashtra registered 26,616 cases. At least 4,329 deaths were reported on the same day, the highest so far in a day. Maharashtra reported more than 1,000 deaths, while Karnataka had 476. India saw its active cases drop by about 1.65 lakh on Monday, the biggest drop ever.
There are now 33.52 lakh active cases in the country. Meanwhile, the Centre has dropped convalescent plasma therapy from its national clinical management protocol for Covid-19. The therapy uses blood plasma fom people who have recovered from the disease to treat other patients.
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