New Delhi, April 18 (PTI): The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 488 and the number of cases climbed to 14,792 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 36 deaths and 957 cases since Friday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 12,289 while 2,014 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said.
The total number of cases includes 76 foreign nationals.
Thirty-six deaths have been reported since Friday evening — 12 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Gujarat, seven from Maharashtra, four from Delhi and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir.
Of the 488 deaths, Maharashtra tops the list with 201 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 69, Gujarat at 48 and Delhi at 42 and Telangana at 18.
According to the ministry’s data updated in the evening, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 3,323 followed by Delhi at 1,707, Madhya Pradesh at 1,355 and Tamil Nadu at 1,323.
Meghalaya has reported 11 cases while Goa and Puducherry have reported seven Covid-19 infections each. Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.
“State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation,” the ministry said on its website. The website also mentions that the patient from Nagaland has been shifted to Assam.
