Coronavirus death toll touches 166 in India; cases soar to 5,734

death toll due to vel coronavirus rose to 166 and number of cases to 5,734 in country on Thursday, according to Union Health Ministry. While number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,095, as many as 472 people were cured and discharged and one h migrated, it said.

As many as 17 new deaths have been reported in last 24 hours across country, ministry said. Eight deaths were reported from Maharashtra, three from Gujarat, two from Jammu and Kashmir and one from Punjab, Uttar Presh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nu, it said.

Maharashtra has reported most coronavirus deaths at 72, followed by Gujarat at 16, Mhya Presh at 13 and Delhi at 9.Punjab and Tamil Nu have reported eight fatalities each while Telengana has reported seven deaths. West Bengal and Karnataka have registered five deaths each. Andhra Presh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Presh have reported four deaths each while Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each.

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Two deaths have been reported from Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Presh and Odisha reported one fatality each, according to health ministry data. death toll on Wednesday evening was 149. However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states as on Wednesday late evening showed at least 181 deaths.

re has been a lag in Union Health Ministry figures, compared to number of deaths anunced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning cases to individual states. According to ministry's data updated at 8 am, highest number of confirmed cases in country are from Maharashtra at 1,135, followed by Tamil Nu at 738 and Delhi at 669 cases.

cases have risen to 427 in Telangana, while Rajasthan has 381 cases. Uttar Presh has 361, while Andhra Presh reported 348 coronavirus cases. Kerala has reported 345 COVID-19 cases so far. vel coronavirus cases have risen to 229 in Mhya Presh, 181 in Karnataka and 179 in Gujarat.

Jammu and Kashmir has 158 cases, Haryana 147, West Bengal 103 and Punjab 101. Odisha has reported 42 coronavirus cases. Thirty-eight people were infected with virus in Bihar, while Uttarakhand has 33 patients and Assam 28. Chandigarh and Himachal Presh have18 cases each, while Lakh has 14 positive patients so far.

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Eleven cases have been reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, while 10 were reported from Chhattisgarh. Goa has reported seven COVID-19 cases, followed by Puducherry at five. Jharkhand has reported four cases, while Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Presh have reported one case each. "State-wise distribution is subject to furr verification and reconciliation," ministry said on its website. 

PM Modi chairs all-party meet 

Amid coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting with leers of Opposition parties through a video conference to discuss current situation in country. It was very first interaction of PM Modi with Opposition all toger after imposition of 21-day lockdown due to Coronavirus. Floor leers of all those parties which have a combined strength of more than five MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were a part of discussion. 

(With PTI inputs)