COVID-19 death toll rises to 114, number of cases climbs to 4,421: Health Ministry

death toll due to vel coronavirus rose to 114 and number of cases in country climbed to 4,421 on Tuesday, according to Union Health Ministry.

While number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 3,981, as many as 325  people were cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it stated. total number of cases include 66 foreign nationals.

According to ministry's data updated at 9 am, three new deaths were reported from Rajasthan, while Tripura recorded its first coronavirus case.

Maharashtra has reported most coronavirus deaths at 45, followed by Gujarat at 12, Madhya Pradesh nine, Telangana and Delhi seven each, Punjab six and Tamil Nadu five fatalities.

Karnataka registered four deaths, while West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have recorded three fatalities each. Two deaths each have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have reported one fatality each, according to health ministry data.

However, a PTI tally based on figures reported by states directly on Monday night showed at least 138 deaths across country, while confirmed cases reached 4,683. Of m, 359 have been cured and discharged. 

re has been a lag in Union Health Ministry figures, compared to numbers anunced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning cases to individual states.

highest number of confirmed cases are from Maharashtra at 748, followed by Tamil Nadu at 621 and Delhi with 523 cases. Kerala reported 327 COVID-19 cases, Telangana 321, Uttar Pradesh 305 and Rajasthan 288 cases. Andhra Pradesh reported 226 coronavirus cases.

vel coronavirus cases have risen to 165 in Madhya Pradesh, 151 in Karnataka and 144 in Gujarat. Jammu and Kashmir has 109 cases, West Bengal has 91, Haryana 90 and Punjab 76 cases of infection.

Thirty-two people were infected with virus in Bihar while Uttarakhand has 31 patients and Assam 26. Odisha reported 21 coronavirus cases, Chandigarh 18, Ladakh 14 and Himachal Pradesh 13 cases.

Ten cases each have been reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Chhattisgarh. Goa has reported seven COVID-19 infections, followed by  Puducherry with five cases. Jharkhand has reported four cases and Manipur two. Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one case of infection each.

"State-wise distribution is subject to furr verification and reconciliation," ministry said on its website.