Coronavirus Pandemic: 1,229 new cases and 34 deaths in last 24 hrs; India's tally reaches 21,700 with 686 fatalities

The novel coronavirus has affected 21,700 and claimed the lives of 686 in India so far. (pic credits: PTI)

Updated: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:13 PM IST

Coronavirus Pandemic: 1,229 new cases and 34 deaths in last 24 hrs; India's tally reaches 21,700 with 686 fatalities

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: With 1,229 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the tally in India has reached 21,700 with 686 deaths, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As per the data available at the Health Ministry website, there are 16,689 active coronavirus cases in India and 4,325 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state, in India has reported 5,652 cases with 269 deaths. Gujarat has also seen a surge in the number of cases with the death toll reaching 103. Madhya Pradesh has reported 81 deaths while the death toll has reached 48 in Delhi.

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Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have reported 27 deaths each while Telangana and Uttar Pradesh have reported 24 and 21 fatalities each. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab and West Bengal have reported 18, 17, 16 and 15 fatalities respectively.

Jammu and Kashmir has reported five deaths while Kerala, Haryana and Jharkhand have reported three fatalities each. Bihar has reported two fatalities while Odisha, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Assam have reported one death each.

Here's the state-wise report on coronavirus pandemic in India:

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 77 foreign Nationals)	Cured/Discharged/	Death
S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 77 foreign Nationals)	Migrated	Death
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	18	11	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	895	141	27
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	0
4	Assam	35	19	1
5	Bihar	148	46	2
6	Chandigarh	27	14	0
7	Chhattisgarh	36	28	0
8	Delhi	2248	724	48
9	Goa	7	7	0
10	Gujarat	2407	179	103
11	Haryana	262	140	3
12	Himachal Pradesh	40	18	1
13	Jammu and Kashmir	407	92	5
14	Jharkhand	49	8	3
15	Karnataka	443	141	17
16	Kerala	438	324	3
17	Ladakh	18	14	0
18	Madhya Pradesh	1695	148	81
19	Maharashtra	5652	789	269
20	Manipur	2	2	0
21	Meghalaya	12	0	1
22	Mizoram	1	0	0
23	Odisha	83	32	1
24	Puducherry	7	3	0
25	Punjab	277	65	16
26	Rajasthan	1890	230	27
27	Tamil Nadu	1629	662	18
28	Telengana	960	197	24
29	Tripura	2	1	0
30	Uttarakhand	46	23	0
31	Uttar Pradesh	1509	187	21
32	West Bengal	456	79	15
Total number of confirmed cases in India		21700	4325	686

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday reviewed the measures to "speed up" economic and industrial activities.

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A video conference was held between representatives of industry associations and the two senior bureaucrats so that those industrial activities, which are permitted during the ongoing lockdown period, keep functioning smoothly and economic activities speed up, Joint Secretary in the MHA Punya Salila Srivastava told reporters here.

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"In this context, home secretary (Ajay Bhalla) and secretary DPIIT (Guruprasad Mohapatra) have talked to industry associations via video conferencing today," Srivastava said.

Certain quarters of the industry and exporters have raised concerns over the revised guidelines issued by the MHA on April 15, stating that it is difficult for them to implement those for partial resumption of their factory operations.