Nagpur coronavirus cases touch 373 till May 18

Nagpur, May 18 () COVID-19 cases in Nagpur in Maharashtra touched 373 on Monday, and one person died of the infection, a health official said. The death toll from the infection in the district is now seven, he added.

"The number of active cases is 141 as 225 people have been discharged so far and seven have died," the official said.

As per state Maharashtra recorded 2,033 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 35,058 on Monday, while 51 more patients died - 23 of them in Mumbai - raising the toll to 1,249, said the health department.

This was the second consecutive day when the state has reported more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases, said a health department official.

The tally of 2,033 new COVID-19 cases is the second highest single-day count after 2,347 infections recorded on May 17.