COVID-19 Cases In India: 3,970 new cases, 103 deaths in last 24 hours

New Delhi: With 3,970 COVID-19 cases and 103 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 85,940 and deaths jumped to 2,752 on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 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," a senior union health ministry official said.

The total confirmed cases include foreign nationals too.

#COVID19 update by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare as on May 16 (8 AM)

3970 new cases & 103 deaths in the last 24 hours

Total positive cases: 85940
Active cases: 53035
Cured/discharged/migrated: 30153
Deaths: 2752 #COVID2019india #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/fEJOxbFsxu

— OTV (@otvnews) May 16, 2020

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.

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 union health 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 union health ministry data.

More than 70 per cent of the COVID-19 deaths are due to comorbidities (existence of multiple disorders), the ministry added.

Meanwhile, going by the numbers declared by different states and union territories, India has now surpassed China's official tally of 82,933 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Though some new cases have emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan -- the epicentre of the deadly virus -- less than 100 people are now undergoing treatment across China, which recorded 4,633 deaths due to COVID-19 but more than 78,000 have been discharged after recovery, as per their official data.

Globally, more than 3 lakh people have died and nearly 45 lakh have tested positive for the deadly virus since its emergence in Wuhan last December. While China and several other countries have begun reopening their economies, fresh concerns have begun mounting about a possible re-emergence of the virus.

India is now the 11th most-affected nation in the world, but each one of the top-ten has one lakh or more cases. The US tops the charts with more than 14 lakh cases, followed by Russia, UK, Spain, Italy and Brazil with over 2 lakh cases each; and France, Germany, Turkey and Iran having over 1 lakh cases each.

(With agency inputs)