The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,218 and the numberof cases climbed to 37,336 in the country on Saturday, according to the UnionHealth Ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 26,167, while9,950 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said.
The total cases include 111 foreign nationals.
A total of 66 deaths were reported since Friday evening ofwhich 26 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, 22 from Gujarat, eight fromMadhya Pradesh, four from Rajasthan, two from Delhi and one each from UttarPradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.
Of the 1,218 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 485fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 236, Madhya Pradesh at 145, Rajasthan at 62,Delhi at 61, Uttar Pradesh at 42 and West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh at 33 each.
The death toll reached 28 in Tamil Nadu,26 in Telangana,while Karnataka has reported 22 deaths.
Punjab has registered 19 fatalities. The disease has claimedeight lives in Jammu and Kashmir, four each in Kerala and Haryana whileJharkhand and Bihar recorded three COVID-19 deaths each.
Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reportedone fatality each, according to the ministry data.
According to the Health Ministry data updated Saturdaymorning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country is fromMaharashtra (11,506) followed by Gujarat (4,721), Delhi (3,738) and MadhyaPradesh (2,719).
Rajasthan has reported 2,666 cases, Tamil Nadu 2,526 andUttar Pradesh 2,328.
The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to1,463in AndhraPradesh and 1,039 in Telangana.
The number of cases has risen to 795 in West Bengal, 639 inJammu and Kashmir,589 in Karnataka, 497inKerala, 480 in Punjab and 471in Bihar.
Haryana has reported 360 coronavirus cases, while Odisha has149cases.
A total 111people have been infected with the virus inJharkhand and 88 in Chandigarh.
Uttarakhand has reported 58 cases, Assam and Chhattisgarhhave 43 cases each while Himachal Pradesh has registered 40 infections each.
Andaman and Nicobar Islandshas33 COVID-19 cases while Ladakhhas reported 22infections.
Meghalaya has reported 12 cases, Puducherry has eight caseswhile Goa has seven COVID-19 cases.
Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram andArunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR,”the ministry said on its website, adding, “179 cases are being assigned tostates for contact tracing.”
States-wise distribution is subject to further verificationand reconciliation, it said.