India COVID-19 cases zoom past 1.65L as fatalities cross China's mark

number of Coronavirus cases in India jumped to 1.65 lakh on Friday after a record 7,466 more cases were reported in last 24 hours. death toll spiked by 175 to reach 4,706, surpassing that of China's where pandemic began. Health Ministry said that total count of cases was 1,65,799 on Friday. number of active COVID-19 cases is 89,987 while 71,105 people have recovered, it said.

Top 3 hardest-hit states

Maharashtra remains worst affected state with 59,546 cases of COVID-19 of which 18,616 people have been cured or discharged and 1,982 have died due to virus. second hardest COVID-hit state, Tamil Nadu, reported 874 new cases of coronavirus today taking total count to 20,246. With nine deaths reported today, death toll in state has reached 154. National capital Delhi reported a total of 17,386 cases after 1,106 cases were reported yesterday. Of total, 7,846 people have recovered and death toll is 398.

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Hindi belt

Uttar Pradesh reported 218 new cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours. re are 2,842 active cases in state and 4,244 people have been cured/discharged till date.

Madhya Pradesh has reported 7,453 cases of COVID-19 of which 4,050 have been cured or discharged while 321 people have died. Bihar has reported 3,296 coronavirus cases of which 1,211 have been cured or discharged and 15 persons have died. In Rajasthan, two deaths and 91 more COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday. total number of cases in state w stands at 8,158, according to state Health Department. death toll has risen to 182.

In Himachal Pradesh, 291 persons have tested positive for COVID-19. re are 201 active cases, 81 have recovered, four have migrated out of state and five patients have died. Uttarakhand reported 102 new cases of COVID-19 taking total number of cases in state to 602. active cases stand at 505, according to state control room on COVID-19.

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South India

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 62 new COVID-19 cases and one death has been reported in state today. total number of positive cases in state is 1,150. Karnataka reported 248 cases of COVID-19 today and total number of positive cases in state has risen to 2,781. Forty-eight persons have died of disease. In Andhra Pradesh, number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 2,874 with 33 new cases being reported in last 24 hours. re are 777 active cases and 60 people have died.

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Or states

Odisha reported 63 more COVID-19 cases taking total cases in state to 1,723. Two COVID-19 positive patients have died but due to some or ailments, officials said. re are 827 active cases. While 887 patients have recovered after treatment, seven deaths due to infection have been reported in state.

Gujarat reported 15,562 cases of COVID-19 of which 8,003 people have been cured or discharged while 960 people have died in state. Jammu and Kashmir reported 128 new cases including 36 from Jammu, 92 from Kashmir and one death today. total number of cases in union territory is w 2,164. Assam has reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 taking total number of cases to 910. re are 800 active cases in state.

(With ANI inputs)

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