New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: India on Friday reported a surge of 547 in the number of the novel coronavirus cases in the last 12 hours, taking the toll to 6,412. The country also reported 30 new COVID-19 fatalities, taking the death toll to 199, as per the data available at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
According to the Health Ministry data, 504 people have been cured and discharged from the hospitals.
Maharashtra has been the worst affected and the state has reported 1,364 confirmed COVID-19 cases and the death toll has surged to 97, as per the Health Ministry data.
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have reported 17 and 16 deaths each while Delhi has reported 12 fatalities. Punjab and Tamil Nadu have reported eight deaths each while Telengana has reproted seven fatalities.
West Bengal and Karnataka have reported five deaths each while Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh have reported four deaths each. Rajasthan and Haryana have reported three deaths.
Two deaths have been reported in Kerala while Puducherry, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar have reported one death each.
Here's the state-wise report of the coronavirus pandemic in India:
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Total Confirmed cases (Including 71 foreign Nationals) | Cured/Discharged/ | Death |
| Migrated | ||||
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 348 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Assam | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bihar | 39 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Delhi | 720 | 25 | 12 |
| 9 | Goa | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 241 | 26 | 17 |
| 11 | Haryana | 169 | 29 | 3 |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Jammu and Kashmir | 158 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Jharkhand | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Karnataka | 181 | 28 | 5 |
| 16 | Kerala | 357 | 96 | 2 |
| 17 | Ladakh | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 259 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Maharashtra | 1364 | 125 | 97 |
| 20 | Manipur | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Mizoram | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Odisha | 44 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Puducherry | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Punjab | 101 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | Rajasthan | 463 | 21 | 3 |
| 26 | Tamil Nadu | 834 | 21 | 8 |
| 27 | Telengana | 442 | 35 | 7 |
| 28 | Tripura | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Uttarakhand | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Uttar Pradesh | 410 | 31 | 4 |
| 31 | West Bengal | 116 | 16 | 5 |
| Total number of confirmed cases in India | 6412 | 504 | 199 | |
Looking at the alarming spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, the central government has announced a Rs 15,000 crore "India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package".
The package is aimed at boosting national and state health systems to support procurement of essential medical equipment and drugs, and strengthening of surveillance activities, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
"With the objectives of emergency COVID-19 response, strengthening national and state health systems to support prevention and preparedness, procurement of essential medical equipment, consumables and drugs, strengthening of surveillance activities, including setting up of laboratories and bio-security preparedness," the Health Ministry said in a letter to the additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries and commissioners (Health) of all states and UTs.
(With PTI inputs)