India's COVID-19 cases cross 24,500; Death toll at 775 and 5,063 recoveries thus far

death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 775 and number of cases climbed to 24,506 in country on Saturday, with 57 more deaths and 1,429 fresh cases being reported in past 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry. number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 18,668 as 5,063 people have been cured and discharged, and one patient migrated, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Maharashtra worst-hit state across India

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Of 775 deaths, Maharashtra tops tally with 301 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 127, Madhya Pradesh at 92, Delhi at 53, Andhra Pradesh at 29, Rajasthan at 27 and Telangana at 26. death toll increased to Uttar Pradesh at 25, 22 in Tamil Nadu while Karnataka has reported 18 cases.

In a major boost to India's battle against Coronavirus, Union Joint Health Secretary Lav Agarwal, on Thursday, stated that India's recovery rate has increased to 19.89%. Moreover, he revealed that 78 districts have t reported a single COVID case in past 14 days.

National lockdown

country is currently in second phase of nationwide lockdown anunced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 and will go on till May 3. In an address to nation on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "It is clearly evident from experience of past few days, that we have chosen correct path. Our country has greatly benefited from social distancing and lockdown. From an ecomic only point of view, it undoubtedly looks costly right w; but measured against lives of Indian citizens, re is comparison itself. path that India has taken within our limited resources has become a topic of discussion in entire world today."

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