New Delhi, April 18: As India is under extended lockdown due to novel coronavirus, the total COVID-19 cases in the country have risen to 14,792, according to the latest figures released today from Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry. This includes 76 foreign nationals. The death toll has increased to 488. Meanwhile, 2014 patients have been cured/discharged across the country. One person has also migrated. India has seen an increase of 957 COVID-19 cases and 36 new deaths in the last 24 hours. Catch all the live news updates related to coronavirus pandemic in India and other parts of the world.

Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with 3,855 cases followed by Delhi at 1,821 cases, Tamil Nadu at 1,621 cases and Rajasthan at 1,423 cases, according to the Health Ministry data. The mortality rate due to COVID-19 in India around 3.3 percent, Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry said.

State-Wise COVID-19 Chart:

S. No. Name of State / UT Total Confirmed cases (Including 76 foreign Nationals) Cured/Discharged/

Migrated

 Death
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 12 11 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 603 42 15
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 0
4 Assam 35 9 1
5 Bihar 85 37 2
6 Chandigarh 21 9 0
7 Chhattisgarh 36 24 0
8 Delhi 1707 72 42
9 Goa 7 6 0
10 Gujarat 1272 88 48
11 Haryana 225 43 3
12 Himachal Pradesh 38 16 1
13 Jammu and Kashmir 328 42 5
14 Jharkhand 33 0 2
15 Karnataka 371 92 13
16 Kerala 396 255 3
17 Ladakh 18 14 0
18 Madhya Pradesh 1355 69 69
19 Maharashtra 3323 331 201
20 Manipur 2 1 0
21 Meghalaya 11 0 1
22 Mizoram 1 0 0
23 Nagaland# 0 0 0
24 Odisha 60 21 1
25 Puducherry 7 3 0
26 Punjab 202 27 13
27 Rajasthan 1229 183 11
28 Tamil Nadu 1323 283 15
29 Telengana 791 186 18
30 Tripura 2 1 0
31 Uttarakhand 42 9 0
32 Uttar Pradesh 969 86 14
32 West Bengal 287 55 10
Total number of confirmed cases in India 14792* 2015 488

He informed that a positive trend has been noted in 47 districts across 23 states in the country. "No positive cases have been reported in the last 28 days in Mahe of Puducherry, and Kodagu of Karnataka," Aggarwal said.

"In 45 other districts, no new positive cases have been reported in last 14 days," he informed.  The country’s doubling rate of coronavirus cases has taken a dip and currently stands at 6.2 days, the government had informed.

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