COVID-19 death toll touches 1,783; number of cases climb to 52,952

The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering anincrease of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union HealthMinistry said.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 35,902 while15,266 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.

   

“Thus, around 28.83 per cent patients have recovered sofar,” a senior health ministry official said.

The total number of cases also include 111 foreign nationals.

A total of 89 deaths deaths have been reported sinceWednesday morning, of which 34 people died in Maharashtra, 28 in Gujarat, ninein Madhya Pradesh, four each in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, three inRajasthan, two each from Punjab and Tamil Nadu and one each from Delhi, Haryanaand Orissa.

Of the 1,783 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 651fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 396 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at185, West Bengal at 144, Rajasthan at 92, Delhi at 65, Uttar Pradesh at 60andAndhra Pradesh at 36.

The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 35 in Tamil NaduwhileTelenganaand Karnataka have reported 29 fatalities each due to thedisease. Punjab has registered 27 COVID-19 deaths, Jammu and Kashmir eight andHaryana seven.Kerala and Bihar have reported four deaths each.

Jharkhand has recorded three COVID-19 fatalities. Odisha andHimachal Pradesh have reported two deaths each.

Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Assam and Uttarakhand have reportedone fatality each, according to the ministry data.

According to the health ministry data updated in themorning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are fromMaharashtra at 16,758 followed by Gujarat at 6,625, Delhi at 5,532, Tamil Naduat 4,829, Rajasthan at 3,317, Madhya Pradesh at 3,138 and Uttar Pradesh at2,998.

The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 1,777 in AndhraPradesh and 1,516 in Punjab.It has risen to 1,456 in West Bengal, 1,107 inTelangana, 775 in Jammu and Kashmir, 693 in Karnataka, 594 in Haryana and 542in Bihar.

Kerala has reported 503 coronavirus cases so far, whileOdisha has 185 cases. A total of 127 people have been infected with the virusin Jharkhand and 120 in Chandigarh.

Uttarakhand has reported 61 cases, Chhattisgarh has 59cases, Assam and Himachal Pradesh have 45 each, Tripura has 43 and Ladakh hasregistered 41 cases so far.

As many as 33 COVID-19 cases have been reported from theAndaman and Nicobar Islands.

Meghalaya has registered 12 cases, Puducherry has nine,while Goa has seven COVID-19 cases.

Manipur has two cases. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Dadarand Nagar Haveli have reported a case each.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR,”the ministry said on its website.

State-wise distribution is subject to further verificationand reconciliation, it said.

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