NEW DELHI, April 17 (NNN-PTI) — The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in India on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 10,477, as many as 1,488 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said.
The total number of cases include 76 foreign nationals.
Twenty-two deaths were reported since Wednesday evening, the ministry said in its updated data.
Nine fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, five from Andhra Pradesh, three from Gujarat, two each from Delhi and Tamil Nadu and one from Karnataka, it added.
Of the total 414 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 187 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 53, Gujarat at 33, Delhi at 32 and Telengana at 18.
However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states as on Wednesday evening showed at least 12,220 COVID-19 cases and 417 deaths.
According to the ministry’s data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra at 2,916, followed by Delhi at 1,578, Tamil Nadu at 1,242 and Rajasthan at 1,023. — NNN-PTI
