New Delhi: There seems to be no end for coronavirus cases in India, if one has to go by the reports.
According to Union Health Ministry data this morning, the number of cases in the country climbed to 2,76,583 with death toll touching 7,745.
India saw 9,985 new cases with 279 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.
The number of active cases in the country stands at 1,33,632, while 1,35,205 people have recovered and one patient has migrated. “Thus, 48.99 per cent of the patients have recovered so far,” the Ministry said.
The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners. Of the 279 new deaths reported, 120 were in Maharashtra, 33 in Gujarat, 31 in Delhi, 21 in Tamilnadu, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Telangana, 10 in West Bengal, nine in Rajasthan, six each in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, three in Jammu and Kashmir, two in Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, and one each in Bihar, Jharkhand and Tripura.
Out of the total 7,745 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 3,289 deaths, followed by Gujarat with 1,313, Delhi with 905, Madhya Pradesh with 420, West Bengal with 415, Tamilnadu with 307, Uttar Pradesh with 301, Rajasthan with 255 and Telangana with 148 deaths.
The death toll reached 77 in Andhra Pradesh, 66 in Karnataka and 55 in Punjab.
Jammu and Kashmir has reported 48 fatalities due to the disease, while 45 deaths have been reported from Haryana, 32 from Bihar, 16 from Kerala, 13 from Uttarakhand, nine from Odisha, eight from Jharkhand and six from Chhattisgarh.
Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh have registered five COVID-19 fatalities each and Assam has recorded four deaths so far. Meghalaya, Tripura and Ladakh have reported one COVID-19 fatality each, according to the Ministry data.
More than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities, the Ministry’s website stated.