New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus COVID-19 rose to 2,752 and the number of cases climbed to 85,940 on Saturday, registering an increase of 103 deaths and 3,970 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.
With 85,940 coronavirus cases, India also surpassed China which has 84029 active COVID-19 cases.
Sharing more details, the Health Ministry said that the number of active cases stood at 53,035, while 30,152 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
"Thus, around 35.08 per cent patients have recovered so far," the Health Ministry said. The total confirmed cases include foreign nationals too.
Of the 103 deaths reported since Friday morning, 49 were in Maharashtra, 20 in Gujarat, 10 in West Bengal, eight in Delhi, seven in Uttar Pradesh, five in Tamil Nadu, two in Madhya Pradesh, one each in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
Here’s the state-wise breakup of COVID-19 cases in India
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Total Confirmed cases* | Cured/Discharged/Migrated | Deaths** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 2307 | 1252 | 48 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Assam | 90 | 41 | 2 |
| 5 | Bihar | 1018 | 438 | 7 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 191 | 37 | 3 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 66 | 56 | 0 |
| 8 | Dadar Nagar Haveli | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Delhi | 8895 | 3518 | 123 |
| 10 | Goa | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 9931 | 4035 | 606 |
| 12 | Haryana | 818 | 439 | 11 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 76 | 39 | 3 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1013 | 513 | 11 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 203 | 87 | 3 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 1056 | 480 | 36 |
| 17 | Kerala | 576 | 492 | 4 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 43 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 4595 | 2283 | 239 |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 29100 | 6564 | 1068 |
| 21 | Manipur | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| 23 | Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Odisha | 672 | 166 | 3 |
| 25 | Puducherry | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | Punjab | 1935 | 305 | 32 |
| 27 | Rajasthan | 4727 | 2677 | 125 |
| 28 | Tamil Nadu | 10108 | 2599 | 71 |
| 29 | Telengana | 1454 | 959 | 34 |
| 30 | Tripura | 156 | 42 | 0 |
| 31 | Uttarakhand | 82 | 51 | 1 |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh | 4057 | 2165 | 95 |
| 33 | West Bengal | 2461 | 829 | 225 |
| Cases being reassigned to states | 230 | |||
| Total number of confirmed cases in India | 85940# | 30153 | 2752 | |
| *(Including foreign Nationals) | ||||
| **( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities ) | ||||
| #States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation | ||||
| #Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR | ||||
Of the 2,752 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,068 deaths, Gujarat comes second with 606 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 239, West Bengal at 225, Rajasthan at 125, Delhi at 123, Uttar Pradesh at 95, Tamil Nadu at 71 and Andhra Pradesh at 48.
The death toll reached 36 in Karnataka, 34 in Telangana and 32 in Punjab, the Ministry said.
Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir have reported 11 fatalities each due to the disease, while Bihar has registered seven and Kerala has reported four deaths.
Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have recorded three COVID-19 fatalities each, while Assam has reported two deaths.
Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Puducherry have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry data.
More than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities (existence of multiple disorders), the ministry added.
