Covid 19 cases continue to rise; check state-wise details

Coronavirus cases in India: India's total count of Covid 19 cases has risen by 3,722 in past 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 78,003, death toll has risen to 2,549 after 134 deaths were regsitered in past 24 hours, showed latest figures from Health Ministry.  The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 49,219 while 26,234 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. According to health ministry, 70% of deaths have occurred due to co-morbidities.

Death toll state wise:
A total 134 deaths deaths were reported since Wednesday morning, of which 54 were in Maharashtra, 29 in Gujarat, 20 in Delhi, 9 in West Bengal, seven in Madhya Pradesh, four in Rajasthan, three in Tamil Nadu, two each in Telangana and Karnataka and one each in Andhra Pradesh,Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh.

Of the 2,549 fatalities, Maharashtra tops tally with 975 fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 566 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 232, West Bengal at 207, Rajasthan at 121, Delhi at 106, Uttar Pradesh at 83,Tamil Nadu at 64 and? Andhra Pradesh at 47. The death toll reached 34 Telangana, 33 in Karnataka and 32 in Punjab. Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir have reported 11 fatalities each due to the respiratory disease while Bihar has registered seven and Kerala has reported four deaths.

Jharkhand, Chandigarh and Odisha have recorded three COVID-19 fatalities each while Himachal Pradesh and Assam have reported two deaths each. Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Puducherry have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry data.

Maharashtra continues to remain the worst hit state in the country with 25,922 followed by Gujarat at 9,267, Tamil Nadu at 9,227, Delhi at 7,998, Rajasthan at 4,328, Madhya Pradesh at 4,173 and Uttar Pradesh at 3,729.

Here is total coronavirus cases in India, state-wise:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 33

Andhra Pradesh - 2137

Arunachal Pradesh - 1

Assam - 80

Bihar - 940

Chandigarh - 187

Chhattisgarh - 59

Dadar Nagar Haveli - 1

Delhi - 7998

Goa - 7

Gujarat - 9267

Haryana - 793

Himachal Pradesh - 66

Jammu and Kashmir - 971

Jharkhand - 173

Karnataka - 959

Kerala - 534

Ladakh - 43

Madhya Pradesh - 4173

Maharashtra - 25922

Manipur - 2

Meghalaya - 13

Mizoram - 1

Odisha - 538

Puducherry - 13

Punjab - 1924

Rajasthan - 4328

Tamil Nadu - 9227

Telangana - 1367

Tripura - 155

Uttarakhand - 72

Uttar Pradesh - 3729

West Bengal - 2290

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Globally, the total number of Covid-19 cases has inched closer to 43.5 lakh mark while death toll has risen past 2.97 lakh as more and more countries ease lockdowns, according to latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University. (With PTI inputs)