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Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,886; cases above 56,000
Published : May 8, 2020, 1:36 pm IST
Updated : May 8, 2020, 1:36 pm IST
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The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,886 and the number of cases climbed to 56,342 in the country on Friday

New Delhi: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,886 and the number of cases climbed to 56,342 in the country on Friday, registering an increase of 103 fatalities and 3,390 infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.

CoronavirusCoronavirusThe number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 37,916. While 16,539 people have recovered, one patient has migrated, it said.

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"Thus, around 29.35 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said.

The total cases include 111 foreign nationals.

The total of 103 deaths reported since Thursday morning include 43 in Maharashtra; 29 in Gujarat; eight in Madhya Pradesh; seven in West Bengal; five in Rajasthan; two each in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh; and one each in Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.

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CoronavirusCoronavirusOf the 1,886 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 694 fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 425 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 193, West Bengal at 151, Rajasthan at 97, Delhi at 66, Uttar Pradesh at 62 and Andhra Pradesh at 38.

Punjab has registered 28 Covid-19 deaths, Jammu and Kashmir nine, Haryana seven, Bihar five and Kerala four.

Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Assam and Uttarakhand have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry data.

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According to the health ministry data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra at 17,974 followed by Gujarat at 7,012, Delhi at 5,980, Tamil Nadu at 5,409, Rajasthan at 3,427, Madhya Pradesh at 3,252 and Uttar Pradesh at 3,071.

CoronavirusCoronavirusThe number of Covid-19 cases has gone up to 1,847 in Andhra Pradesh and 1,644 in Punjab.

A total of 135 people have been infected with the virus in Chandigarh and 132 in Jharkhand.

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Tripura has reported 65 cases, Uttarakhand has 61, Chhattisgarh has 59, Assam has 54, Himachal Pradesh has 46 and Ladakh has 42.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)," the ministry said on its website.

State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation, it said.

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