Total 35,043 cases in India, 1,147 deaths reecorded

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, May 01, 2020: As many as 67 deaths and more than 1,700 cases of novel coronavirus have taken India’s tally past the 33,000-mark.

While the death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,147 after 67 more fatalities, the number of cases climbed to 35043 in India on Friday. As many as 8,888 patients have been cured or discharged and one has migrated, Yahoo reported.

 

According to the Union Health Ministry, the number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 24,162, while 8,372 people have recovered and one patient has migrated. The total number of cases includes 111 foreign nationals.

The highest number of confirmed cases in the country continues to be from Maharashtra with 9,915 infections, followed by Gujarat with 4,082, Delhi with 3,439, Madhya Pradesh with 2,660.

Rajasthan has 2,438 cases, Uttar Pradesh has 2,203 cases and Tamil Nadu has 2,162. Covid-19 cases have gone up to 1,403 in Andhra Pradesh and 1,012 in Telangana.

The number of infections has risen to 758 in West Bengal, 581 in Jammu and Kashmir, 557 in Karnataka, 496 in Kerala, 403 in Bihar and 357 in Punjab.

Haryana has reported 310 coronavirus cases, while Odisha has 128. A total 107 people have been infected with the virus in Jharkhand and 55 in Uttarakhand.

Chandigarh have reported 56 cases, Himachal Pradesh has 40 while Assam and Chhattisgarh have registered 38 infections each so far.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands has 33 cases of coronavirus, while Ladakh has reported 22 infections so far.

Meghalaya has reported 12 cases, Puducherry has eight cases, while Goa has seven COVID-19 cases. Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.

Over 66 deaths in 24 hours

Of the over 66 deaths reported since Wednesday evening, 32 were from Maharashtra, 16 from Gujarat, 10 from Madhya Pradesh, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Tamil Nadu and Delhi, and one from Karnataka.
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Maharashtra tops the tally with 432 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 197, Madhya Pradesh at 129, Delhi at 56, Rajasthan at 51, Uttar Pradesh at 39 and Andhra Pradesh at 31.

The toll reached 27 in Tamil Nadu, 26 in Telengana, 22 in West Bengal while Karantaka has reported 21 deaths and Punjab 19.

Covid-19 has claimed eight lives in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Kerala, while Jharkhand and Haryana have recorded three Covid-19 deaths each.

Bihar has reported two deaths, while Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported a fatality each, according to the ministry data.