India’s death toll nears 40 as number of cases crosses 1,600

• Indiaweekly.bizStaff
• 01 April, 2020

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By: indiaweekly.biz Staff

The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,637 in the country on Wednesday while the death toll rose to 38, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,466, while 132 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated to another country, the ministry stated.

At least 302 people in Maharashtra were infected, with the death toll at 11, highest in any state.

As per the health ministry’s updated data at 9am IST, three fresh deaths were reported since the last update on Tuesday.

However, it could not be known from which parts of the country these three fatalities were reported.

Till Tuesday night, Maharashtra had reported the most deaths (11) in the country so far, followed by Gujarat (6), Karnataka (3) Madhya Pradesh (3), Punjab (3), Delhi (2), West Bengal (2) and Jammu and Kashmir (2). Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh have reported a death each.