NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, APRIL 15
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported since Tuesday evening, while the number of cases saw a jump of 1,118 to go up to 11,933 cases on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 10,197, while as many as 1,343 people have been cured and discharged, and one has migrated, it said.
The total number of cases include 76 foreign nationals. Thirty-nine deaths have been reported since Tuesday evening, of which 18 deaths were reported from Maharashtra, six from Uttar Pradesh, four from Gujarat, three from Madhya Pradesh, two each from Delhi and Karnataka, and one each from Telengana, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Meghalaya.
Of the total 392 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 178 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 53, Delhi and Gujarat at 30 each and Telengana at 18.
Punjab has reported 13 deaths, Tamil Nadu 12 while Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have reported 11 deaths each. Andhra Pradesh has reported nine fatalities followed by West Bengal with seven deaths.
Four persons have lost their lives to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir while Kerala, Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand has reported two deaths.
Meghalaya, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one fatality each, according to ministry data.
“State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation,” the ministry said on its website.
The website also mentions that a patient from Nagaland has been shifted to Assam.
