Covid-19 count crosses 10,000, 29 new deaths push toll to 358

DurgeshNandan.Jha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:14.04.2020

Delhi and Maharashtra witnessed a big surge in Covid-19 cases on Monday with the capital recording 356 new cases and the western state 352, their highest single day tallies. Together, these two states account for 37% of India’s Covid-19 count which crossed the 10k mark at 10,450.

Delhi continues to pay a heavy price for the Tablighi outbreak with 79% of cases related to the Nizamuddin markaz. The cases are designated as ‘under special operations’ by the Delhi government.

The overall tally includes 1,276 new cases on Monday, the highest so far by a big margin and a sharp 67% rise from the number reported on Sunday

(763). The death toll due to the disease has been recorded at 358, with 29 added on Monday. Maharashtra and Delhi again account for 188 (160 Maharashtra and 28 Delhi) of the total deaths.

UP too recorded a big spike in cases, adding 112 to take its count of cases to 589.

There was, however, better news from other parts of the country with the health ministry saying that 25 districts which had Covid-19 cases did not report any for the past 14 days. The disease has been reported from 380 of India’s 732 districts so far.

Maha records 11 fresh cases, 1 death in K’taka

At least 857 people have recovered from the disease. In Delhi, of Monday’s 356 fresh cases as many as 325 new positive cases are related to the Tablighi Jamaat outbreak, officials said. The other positive cases included a woman at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital who had delivered a baby four days ago and a doctor and a nurse at a prominent private hospital among others. The state also recorded four Covid-19 deaths, taking its total toll to 28.

Maharashtra recorded 11 fresh Covid-19 deaths, taking the state’s death toll to 160. It has reported maximum 2,334 Covid-19 cases, followed by Delhi (1,510), Tamil Nadu (1,173) and Rajasthan

(897). In Karnataka, a 55-year-old Covid-19 patient died in Kalaburagi district, taking the total number of deaths due to the infection in the state to seven. Karnataka Covid-19 tally rose to 247, with 15 new cases confirmed on Monday. In Telangana, one person died and 61 new coronavirus cases were reported.