Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 239; confirmed cases climb to 7,447

The death toll due to COVID-19 shot up to 239 and the number of cases rose to 7,447 in India on Saturday (April 11), according to the Union Health Ministry.

While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 6,565, 642 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said.

As many as 33 new deaths have been reported since Friday (April 10) evening, the ministry said.

Seventeen deaths were reported from Madhya Pradesh, 13 from Maharashtra, two from Gujarat and one from Assam, it said.

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19, with the toll at 110, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 33, Gujarat at 19 and Delhi at 13. Punjab registered 11 deaths while Tamil Nadu has reported eight fatalities and Telangana seven.

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Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported six deaths each while West Bengal has registered five deaths each. Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh have reported four deaths each while Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each.

Two deaths have been reported from Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Assam reported one fatality each, according to the data provided by the health ministry.

The death toll on Friday evening stood at 206.

The 7,447 figure, which put out by the health ministry, includes 71 foreign nationals.

However, a PTI tally of numbers reported by various states as on 9.30 pm on Friday showed a total of 7,510 people having been affected by the virus nationwide with at least 251 deaths.

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There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of cases announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states.

According to the ministry’s data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 1,574, followed by Tamil Nadu at 911 and Delhi at 903.

The cases have gone up to 553 in Rajasthan, followed by 473 in Telangana, 435 in Madhya Pradesh and 431 in Uttar Pradesh.

Kerala has reported 364 cases and Andhra Pradesh 363. Gujarat has 308 positive patients so far.

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The coronavirus cases have risen to 207 in Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir each and 177 in Haryana. Punjab has 132 positive patients so far while West Bengal has 116 cases.

Bihar has reported 60 cases while Odisha has 48 coronavirus cases. Thirty-five people were infected with the virus in Uttarakhand while Assam has 29 patients, followed by Himachal Pradesh with 28 cases.

Chandigarh and Chhattisgarh have 18 cases each while Ladakh has 15. Jharkhand has 14 positive patients so far while 11 cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Goa has reported seven COVID-19 infections, followed by Puducherry at five cases. Manipur has two while Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one case each.

“State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation,” the ministry said on its website.

(With inputs from agencies)