COVID-19 death toll rises to 9; cases jump to 468

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to nine on Monday after West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each, while the number of confirmed cases soared to 468, the Union health ministry said.

Thenumber of active COVID-19 cases are 424 now and 35 people have beencured/discharged/migrated, while nine have died, taking total number ofconfirmed cases to 468, including 40 foreign nationals, according to theministry data.

   

West Bengal and HimachalPradesh reported its first death due to COVID-19, while seven deaths wereearlier reported from Maharashtra (2), Bihar, Karnataka, Delhi, Gujarat, andPunjab.

Maharashtra has reportedthe highest number of COVID-19 cases at 74, including three foreigners,followed by Kerala at 67, including seven foreign nationals, according to theministry data.

Karnataka has 33 cases ofcoronavirus patients after seven more persons tested positive for the deadlyvirus. The number of cases in Telangana have risen to 32, including 10foreigners.

Uttar Pradesh now has 31positive cases, including a foreign national. Delhi and Gujarat have reported29 cases each, while Rajasthan has 28 positive cases, including two foreignnationals.

In Haryana, there are 26cases, including 14 foreigners, while Punjab has 21 cases.

Ladakh has 13 cases, whileTamil Nadu has nine cases, including two foreigners. West Bengal reported sevencases, while Madhya Pradesh has six cases so far.

Chandigarh has six cases,while Andhra Pradesh reported seven cases. Jammu and Kashmir has four cases.

Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have reported three cases each, while there are two case each in Bihar and Odisha. Puducherry and Chhattisgarh have reported a case each. 

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