Eight states including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab have reported a high number of daily Covid-19 cases and account for 84.5 per cent of the 68,020 fresh cases recorded in the country in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
Meanwhile, the first phase of Assembly elections kick-started in West Bengal and Assam on March 27. Kerala, Assam and the union territory of Puducherry will hold a single-phase election on April 6. The counting of votes is slated to be taken up on May 2.