Coronavirus cases in India climb to 902, death toll reaches 20
The number of COVID-19 cases shot up to 834 in India on Saturday with the death toll rising to 19, according to the Union health ministry.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases shot up to 902 in India on Saturday (March 28) with the death toll rising to 20.
Kerala reported its first COVID-19 death, after a 69-year-old man died at Ernakulam Medical College Hospital.
So far, deaths have been reported from Maharashtra (5), Gujarat (3), Karnataka (2), Madhya Pradesh (2) and one each from Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
Meanwhile, seven more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, rising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 160. Of the seven patients, five are from Mumbai and two from Nagpur, health department officials said.