The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 649 in India on
Thursday and the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 13, with one death reported
each from Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, according to the health
ministry.
IMAGE: Members of Sakhi Mandal working long hours to stitch face masks in Ranchi. Photograph: ANI Photo
Goa featured for the first
time in the chart prepared by the ministry, reporting 33 coronavirus cases.
In its updated figures at
10.15 am, the ministry stated that 13 COVID-19 deaths were reported so far in
the country.
Maharashtra reported three
deaths, Gujarat two, while Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka,
Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported one death each.
According to the data, the
number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 593, while 42 people
were either cured or discharged and one had migrated.
IMAGE: Security personnel sanitise their
hands during the nationwide lockdown in Guwahati. Photograph: ANI Photo
The total number of 649
cases included 47 foreign nationals, the ministry said.
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