As many as 66 deaths and more than 1,700 cases of novel coronavirus have taken the India’s tally past the 33,000-mark.
While the death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,074 after 66 more fatalities, the number of cases climbed to 33,050 in India on Thursday.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 23,651, while 8,324 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 2,561.
Rajasthan has 2,438 cases, Tamil Nadu has 2,162 and Uttar Pradesh has 2,134 cases. Covid-19 cases have gone up to 1,332 in Andhra Pradesh and 1,012 in Telangana.
The number of infections has risen to 758 in West Bengal, 581 in Jammu and Kashmir, 535 in Karnataka, 495 in Kerala, 392 in Bihar and 357 in Punjab.
Haryana has reported 310 coronavirus cases, while Odisha has 125. 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.
66 deaths in 24 hours
Of the 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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