India COVID-19 cases reach 6412; death toll nears 200. Maharashtra, TN hotspots. Check state-wise list

India COVID-19 confirmed cases currently stand at 6,412 while the death toll is nearing 200-mark and the number of recovered patients is at 504, according to the Health Ministry's latest data. In the last 12 hours, the nation witnessed at least 30 fatalities while positive cases crossed 6,000 as India entered its 17th of complete lockdown. Several hotspots in the country across many districts have been sealed where positive cases of coronavirus have surfaced in order to contain the virus from further spreading.

Twenty-five deaths were reported from Maharashtra, three from Delhi and one each from Gujarat and Jharkhand. Maharashtra has reported the most coronavirus deaths at 97, followed by Gujarat at 17, Madhya Pradesh 16 and Delhi 12. Punjab and Tamil Nadu have reported eight fatalities each while Telengana has reported seven deaths. West Bengal and Karnataka have registered five deaths each. Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh have reported four deaths each while Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each.

Two deaths have been reported from Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry data. The 6,412 figure includes 71 foreign nationals. The death toll on Thursday evening was 169. However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states as on Thursday late evening showed at least 6,640 cases and 227 deaths. There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of cases announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states.

According to the ministry's data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 1,364, followed by Tamil Nadu at 834 and Delhi with 720 cases. The cases have gone up to 463 in Rajasthan, while they have risen to 442 in Telengana Uttar Pradesh has 410 cases so far, followed by Kerala at 357 cases. Andhra Pradesh has reported 348 coronavirus cases Novel coronavirus cases have risen to 259 in Madhya Pradesh, 241 in Gujarat,  181 in Karnataka and 169 in Haryana.

State-wise list of coronavirus cases in India

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 71 foreign Nationals)	Cured/Discharged/ Migrated	Death
1	Andhra Pradesh	348	6	4
2	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	11	0	0
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0
4	Assam	29	0	0
5	Bihar	39	0	1
6	Chandigarh	18	7	0
7	Chhattisgarh	10	9	0
8	Delhi	720	25	12
9	Goa	7	0	0
10	Gujarat	241	26	17
11	Haryana	169	29	3
12	Himachal Pradesh	18	2	1
13	Jammu and Kashmir	158	4	4
14	Jharkhand	13	0	1
15	Karnataka	181	28	5
16	Kerala	357	96	2
17	Ladakh	15	10	0
18	Madhya Pradesh	259	0	16
19	Maharashtra	1364	125	97
20	Manipur	2	1	0
21	Mizoram	1	0	0
22	Odisha	44	2	1
23	Puducherry	5	1	0
24	Punjab	101	4	8
25	Rajasthan	463	21	3
26	Tamil Nadu	834	21	8
27	Telangana	442	35	7
28	Tripura	1	0	0
29	Uttarakhand	35	5	0
30	Uttar Pradesh	410	31	4
31	West Bengal	116	16	5
Total number of confirmed cases in India		6412*	504	199
*States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation

With 1,364 coronavirus cases and 97 fatalities, Maharashtra is the worst-hit state followed by Tamil Nadu with 834 COVID-19 cases while 8 people have lost their lives in the southern state due to the deadly virus. The national capital, Delhi is also among highly-affected cities in India with a total of 720 active cases so far.

About 30 percent of the total coronavirus cases in India are connected to Tablighi Jamaat, an event organised by the Islamic sect in Delhi's Nizamuddin area last month.