With 1,65,799 COVID-19 cases, India now ninth-worst hit country in world

New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases in India has climbed to 1,65,799 on Friday, making it the world's ninth worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,706 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,65,799, registering an increase of 175 deaths and a record jump of 7,466 cases since Thursday 8 am.

According to Worldometer, India has now overtaken Turkey as the ninth worst-hit country in terms of total number of COVID-19 cases.

The Health Ministry said the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 89,987, while 71,105 people have recovered and one patient has migrated. "Thus, around 42.89 per cent patients have recovered so far," the Health Ministry said. The total confirmed cases include foreigners.

Here's the state-wise breakup of COVID-19 cases in India

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated	Deaths**
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	33	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	3251	2125	59
3	Arunachal Pradesh	3	1	0
4	Assam	856	104	4
5	Bihar	3296	1211	15
6	Chandigarh	288	189	4
7	Chhattisgarh	399	83	0
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	2	0	0
9	Delhi	16281	7495	316
10	Goa	69	38	0
11	Gujarat	15562	8003	960
12	Haryana	1504	881	19
13	Himachal Pradesh	276	70	5
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2036	859	27
15	Jharkhand	469	212	4
16	Karnataka	2533	834	47
17	Kerala	1088	555	7
18	Ladakh	73	43	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	7453	4050	321
20	Maharashtra	59546	18616	1982
21	Manipur	55	5	0
22	Meghalaya	21	12	1
23	Mizoram	1	1	0
24	Nagaland	18	0	0
25	Odisha	1660	887	7
26	Puducherry	51	14	0
27	Punjab	2158	1946	40
28	Rajasthan	8067	4817	180
29	Sikkim	1	0	0
30	Tamil Nadu	19372	10548	145
31	Telengana	2256	1345	67
32	Tripura	242	167	0
33	Uttarakhand	500	79	4
34	Uttar Pradesh	7170	4215	197
35	West Bengal	4536	1668	295
	Cases being reassigned to states	4673
	Total#	165799	71106	4706
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )
#States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
#Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

Of the 175 deaths reported since Thursday morning, 85 were in Maharashtra, 22 in Gujarat, 15 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Delhi, 12 in Tamil Nadu, eight in Madhya Pradesh, seven in Rajasthan, six in West Bengal, four in Telangana and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana.

Of the total 4,706 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,982 deaths followed by Gujarat with 960 deaths, Madhya Pradesh with 321, Delhi with 316, West Bengal with 295, Uttar Pradesh with 197, Rajasthan with 180, Tamil Nadu with 145, Telangana with 67 and Andhra Pradesh with 59 deaths.

The death toll reached 47 in Karnataka and 40 in Punjab. Jammu and Kashmir has reported 27 fatalities due to the disease, Haryana has 19 deaths, Bihar has 15 while Odisha and Kerala have reported seven deaths each.

Himachal Pradesh has registered five COVID-19 fatalities, while Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh and Assam have recorded four deaths each so far.

Meghalaya has reported one COVID-19 fatality so far, according to the ministry data.

According to the Ministry's website, more than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities.
According to the Health Ministry data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 59,546 followed by Tamil Nadu at 19,372, Delhi at 16,281, Gujarat at 15,562, Rajasthan at 8,067, Madhya Pradesh at 7,453 and Uttar Pradesh at 7,170.

The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 4,536 in West Bengal, 3,296 in Bihar and 3,251 in Andhra Pradesh.

It has risen to 2,533 in Karnataka, 2,256 in Telangana,? 2,158 in Punjab, 2,036 in Jammu and Kashmir and 1,660 in Odisha.

Haryana has reported 1,504 coronavirus infection cases so far, while Kerala has 1,088 cases. A total of 856 people have been infected with the virus in Assam and 469 in Jharkhand.

Uttarakhand has registered 500 cases, Chhattisgarh has 399, Chandigarh has reported 288 cases, Himachal Pradesh has 276, Tripura has 242, Ladakh has 73 and Goa has 69 cases so far.

Manipur has reported 55 COVID-19 cases, Puducherry has 51 instances of infection while Andaman and Nicobar Islands has registered 33 infections.

Meghalaya has registered 21 cases. Nagaland has reported 18 infections, Arunachal Pradesh reported three cases, Dadar and Nagar Haveli has two cases, while Mizoram and Sikkim have reported a case each till how.

"4,673 cases are being reassigned to states," the ministry said on its website, adding, "Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR."