COVID-19 death toll rises to 775, cases climb to 24,506

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The #deathtoll due to #COVID19 rose to 775 and the number of cases climbed to 24,506 in the country on Saturday, according to the #Unionhealthministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 18,668 while 5,062 people were cured and discharged, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total number of cases include 77 foreign nationals.

A total of 52 deaths were reported since Friday evening — 18 from #Maharashtra, 15 from #Gujarat, nine from #MadhyaPradesh, three each from #Delhi and #WestBengal, two from #TamilNadu, and one each from #Punjab and #UttarPradesh.

Of the 775 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 301 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 127, Madhya Pradesh at 92, Delhi at 53, #AndhraPradesh at 29, #Rajasthan at 27 and #Telangana at 26. The death toll reached 25 in Uttar Pradesh, 22 in Tamil Nadu while #Karnataka and West Bengal have reported 18 deaths each.