COVID-19 death toll touches 53

With 235 more people being confirmed positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,069 and the death toll to 53 in the country on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country is 1,860,while 155 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated, it said.

   

In its updated data at 6 p.M., the ministry reported threefresh deaths — one from Gujarat and two from Delhi.

Maharashtra has reported the most deaths (13) so far,followed by Gujarat (7), Madhya Pradesh (6), Punjab (4), Karnataka (3),Telengana (3), West Bengal (3), Delhi (4), Jammu and Kashmir (2), Uttar Pradesh(2) and Kerala (2).

Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh havereported one death each.

The 2,069 figure includes 55 foreign nationals, the ministrysaid.

The highest number of coronavirus confirmed cases have beenreported from Maharashtra at 335 so far, followed by Kerala at 265 and TamilNadu at 234.

The number of cases in Delhi has gone up to 219.

Uttar Pradesh has reported 113 positive cases so far, whilethe COVID-19 cases in Karnataka have risen to 110 and in Telengana to 107.Rajasthan has reported 108 cases, Madhya Pradesh 99, Gujarat 87, Andhra Pradesh86. Jammu and Kashmir has 62 positive patients so far.

The number of cases have risen to 53 in West Bengal. Punjabhas reported 46 COVID-19 cases and Haryana 43.

Bihar has 24, while Chandigarh has 16 and Ladakh hasreported 13 cases.

Ten cases have been reported from the Andaman and NicobarIslands.

Chhattisgarh has nine positive patients while Uttarakhandhas reported seven cases so far.Goaand Assam have reported five coronavirus cases each. Odisha has four caseswhile Puducherry and Himachal Pradesh have reported three cases each. Jhakhand,Mizoram and Manipur have reported a case each, according to the ministry.

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