• By Aalok Sensharma
  • Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:20 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: With 1,990 new COVID-19 cases and 49 deaths in the last 24 hours, the coronavirus tally in India has crossed the 26,000-mark with over 800 fatalities, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As per the data available at the Health Ministry website, the coronavirus has infected 26,496 and claimed the lives of 824 people in India so far. Out of the total number of cases, 19,868 are active cases while 5,803 have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state in the country, has seen another spike in the number of cases. So far, the deadly virus has infected 7,628 people in the state and claimed the lives of 323. 

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Gujarat has also emerged as a hotspot of the coronavirus which has infected 3,071 and claimed 133 lives so far in the state. In Madhya Pradesh, the tally has crossed the 2,000-mark with 99 deaths while the tally has reached 2,625 with 54 casualties in Delhi.

The death toll stands at 33 in Rajasthan, 31 in Andhra Pradesh, 27 in Uttar Pradesh and 26 in Telangana. While the virus has claimed the lives of 23 in Tamil Nadu, 18 each in Karnataka and West Bengal and 17 in Punjab.

 

Jammu and Kashmir has reported six deaths, Kerala four while Jharkhand and Haryana have reported three fatalities each. Bihar has reported two casualties while Meghalaya, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh and Assam have reported one death each. 

Here's the state-wise report on coronavirus pandemic in India:

S. No. Name of State / UT Total Confirmed cases (Including 111 foreign Nationals) Cured/Discharged/ Death
Migrated
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 33 11 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 1061 171 31
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 0
4 Assam 36 19 1
5 Bihar 243 46 2
6 Chandigarh 28 15 0
7 Chhattisgarh 37 32 0
8 Delhi 2625 869 54
9 Goa 7 7 0
10 Gujarat 3071 282 133
11 Haryana 289 176 3
12 Himachal Pradesh 40 22 1
13 Jammu and Kashmir 494 112 6
14 Jharkhand 67 13 3
15 Karnataka 500 158 18
16 Kerala 457 338 4
17 Ladakh 20 14 0
18 Madhya Pradesh 2096 210 99
19 Maharashtra 7628 1076 323
20 Manipur 2 2 0
21 Meghalaya 12 0 1
22 Mizoram 1 0 0
23 Odisha 94 33 1
24 Puducherry 7 3 0
25 Punjab 298 67 17
26 Rajasthan 2083 493 33
27 Tamil Nadu 1821 960 23
28 Telengana 991 280 26
29 Tripura 2 2 0
30 Uttarakhand 48 26 0
31 Uttar Pradesh 1793 261 27
32 West Bengal 611 105 18
Total number of confirmed cases in India 26496 5804 824

The coronavirus tally in India is increasing at alarming rate. Amid this, the government on Saturday said that the daily growth rate has dipped to 6 per cent and some states began relaxing some lockdown conditions by allowing more shops to open.

Some states, taking cue from a late Friday night order from the Union Home Ministry, said they are taking steps to open more categories of shops, including those selling garments, mobile phones, hardware and stationery items.

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However, these relaxations would not be allowed for shops located in market places, malls and COVID-19 hotspots and containment zones. In rural areas, all shops barring those in malls have been allowed to open.

 

(With PTI inputs)