India cases rise to 5,274; death toll 149

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country rose to 5,274 on Wednesday, registering an increase of 485 cases in the last 24 hours, while the death toll stood at 149, the Union Health Ministry said.

The number of active COVID-19 cases is 4,714 and as many as410 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said.

   

The total number of cases include 71 foreign nationals.

As many as 25 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.Sixteen people died in Maharashtra, two each in Delhi, West Bengal, Haryana andTamil Nadu and one in Andhra Pradesh.

Maharashtra has reported the most coronavirus deaths at 64,followed by Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh at 13 each and Delhi at 9. Telangana,Punjab and Tamil Nadu have reported seven fatalities each.

West Bengal has registered five deaths, Karnataka and AndhraPradesh have reported four each, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan haverecorded three deaths each.

Three deaths each have been reported from Jammu and Kashmirand Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha reported one fatality each,according to the health ministry data.

The death toll on Tuesday evening was 124.

However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various statesas on Wednesday evening showed at least 5,521 cases and 172 deaths while 500were discharged.

There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures,compared to the number of cases announced by different states, which officialsattribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states.

According to the ministry’s data updated at 5 pm, thehighest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra at 1,018,followed by Tamil Nadu at 690 and Delhi at 576 cases.

The cases have risen to 427 in Telangana while Kerala hasreported 336 COVID-19 cases so far. Rajasthan has 328 cases, Uttar Pradesh has343 and Andhra Pradesh reported 305 coronavirus cases.

Coronavirus cases have risen to 229 in Madhya Pradesh, 175in Karnataka and 165 in Gujarat. Haryana has 147 cases, Jammu and Kashmir has116, West Bengal has 99 and Punjab has 91 positive patients so far.

Odisha has reported 42 coronavirus cases while 38 peoplewere infected with the virus in Bihar, Uttarakhand has 31 patients and Assam27. Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh have 18 cases each while Ladakh has 14positive patients so far.

Ten cases each have been reported from the Andaman andNicobar Islands and Chhattisgarh. Goa has reported seven COVID-19 infections,followed by Puducherry at five cases.

Jharkhand has reported four cases and Manipur two. Tripura,Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one case each.

“State-wise distribution is subject to furtherverification and reconciliation,” the ministry said on its website.

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