Coronavirus in India: COVID-19 cases inches 1000-mark, 19 deaths so far; check state-wise count
India's coronavirus total count rose to 979, and the death toll jumped to 25 on Sunday morning. According to the health ministry, out of total 979 cases, 867 are active COVID-19 cases, while 86 people are either cured/discharged and one had migrated. On Saturday, India registered 179 fresh COVID-19 cases, highest in a single day.
The ministry reported six fresh deaths -- one each from Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Telangana. Thus, deaths have so far been reported from Maharashtra (6), Gujarat (4), Karnataka (3), Madhya Pradesh (2), Delhi (2) and one each from Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
Maharashtra is the most hit state with 193 COVID-10 positive cases and 5 deaths. followed by Kerala at 174, including three foreign nationals, according to the ministry data.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has refuted that there may be a possibility of community transmission. ICMR has been maintaining that there is "no solid evidence" of community transmission so far.
"Till the time we see a significant number of cases to indicate community transmission, let us not over-interpret things," said Raman R Gangakhedkar, head of the Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES) for donations to "India's war against Covid-19" or the novel coronavirus.
PM Modi asked people to contribute to the PM-CARES Fund so as to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic that has claimed 21 lives in India and over 25,000 across the world so far.
The number of coronavirus cases across the world rose to 640,589 as on Saturday evening, with the US leading with 115,547 cases, while the global death toll rose to 30,249 according to data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre.
Check State-wise COVID-19 positive cases in India
| . No. | Name of State / UT | Total Confirmed cases (Indian National) | Total Confirmed cases ( Foreign National ) | Cured/ Discharged/Migrated |
Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bihar | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Delhi | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Goa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Haryana | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jammu and Kashmir | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 76 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | Kerala | 174 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| 14 | Ladakh | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 183 | 3 | 25 | 6 |
| 17 | Manipur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Odisha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Puducherry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Punjab | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 52 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Telengana | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Uttarakhand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 54 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | West Bengal | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total number of confirmed cases in India | 931 | 48 | 87 | 25 | |
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