India surpasses China as coronavirus COVID-19 count reaches 85,940, death toll at 2,752

With 85,940 coronavirus cases, India also surpassed China which has 84029 active COVID-19  cases.

Sharing more details, the Health Ministry said that the number of active cases stood at 53,035, while 30,152 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.

“Thus, around 35.08 per cent patients have recovered so far,” the Health Ministry said. The total confirmed cases include foreign nationals too.

Of the 103 deaths reported since Friday morning, 49 were in Maharashtra, 20 in Gujarat, 10 in West Bengal, eight in Delhi, seven in Uttar Pradesh, five in Tamil Nadu, two in Madhya Pradesh, one each in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.

Here’s the state-wise breakup of COVID-19 cases in India 

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated	Deaths**
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	33	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	2307	1252	48
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	0
4	Assam	90	41	2
5	Bihar	1018	438	7
6	Chandigarh	191	37	3
7	Chhattisgarh	66	56	0
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	1	0	0
9	Delhi	8895	3518	123
10	Goa	15	7	0
11	Gujarat	9931	4035	606
12	Haryana	818	439	11
13	Himachal Pradesh	76	39	3
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1013	513	11
15	Jharkhand	203	87	3
16	Karnataka	1056	480	36
17	Kerala	576	492	4
18	Ladakh	43	22	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	4595	2283	239
20	Maharashtra	29100	6564	1068
21	Manipur	3	2	0
22	Meghalaya	13	11	1
23	Mizoram	1	1	0
24	Odisha	672	166	3
25	Puducherry	13	9	1
26	Punjab	1935	305	32
27	Rajasthan	4727	2677	125
28	Tamil Nadu	10108	2599	71
29	Telengana	1454	959	34
30	Tripura	156	42	0
31	Uttarakhand	82	51	1
32	Uttar Pradesh	4057	2165	95
33	West Bengal	2461	829	225
	Cases being reassigned to states	230
Total number of confirmed cases in India		85940#	30153	2752
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )
#States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
#Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

Of the 2,752 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,068 deaths, Gujarat comes second with 606 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 239, West Bengal at 225, Rajasthan at 125, Delhi at 123, Uttar Pradesh at 95, Tamil Nadu at 71 and Andhra Pradesh at 48.

The death toll reached 36 in Karnataka, 34 in Telangana and 32 in Punjab, the Ministry said.

Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir have reported 11 fatalities each due to the disease, while Bihar has registered seven and Kerala has reported four deaths.

Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have recorded three COVID-19 fatalities each, while Assam has reported two deaths.

Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Puducherry have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry data.

More than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities (existence of multiple disorders), the ministry added.