New Delhi, April 8 -- India crossed the 5,000 mark of positive coronavirus cases on Tuesday with Maharashtra becoming the first State in the country to go near 1,000 count. As per tallies from States, the total count of positive cases stood at 5,200 at 9 pm with 150 casualties. The country added more than 400 new cases during the day and the States were still reporting.

Mahasrashtra, which has emerged as the biggest hotspot in the country, added 150 new cases on Tuesday and reported as many as 60 deaths. Tamil Nadu registered 67 new cases, which took its count to 690, followed by Delhi, Telangana, Kerala Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

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