Maharashtra accounts for 1/3rd COVID-19 deaths

April 23, 2020 10:43

People defy social distancing to collect rations in Chandigarh

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 681 and the number of cases to 21,393 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 16,454, while 4,257 people have been cured and discharged, one patient has migrated, it said. The total number of cases includes 77 foreign nationals. A total of 29 deaths were reported since Wednesday evening, of which 18 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, eight from Gujarat, two from Rajasthan and one from Delhi, the ministry said.

Of the 681 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 269 fatalities

Gujarat at 103,

Madhya Pradesh at 80,

Delhi at 48, Rajasthan at 27,

Andhra Pradesh at 24

Telengana at 23.

Uttar Pradesh t 21,

Tamil Nadu at 18

Karantaka at 17

Punjab has registered 16 deaths,

West Bengal at 15

Jammu and Kashmir at 5

Kerala, Jharkhand and Haryana three deaths each.

Bihar two deaths

Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one fatality each.-- PTI

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