The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 488 and the number of cases climbed to 14,792 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 36 deaths and 957 cases since Friday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 12,289 while 2,014 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said.
The total number of cases includes 76 foreign nationals.
36 deaths have been reported since Friday evening — 12 from Madhya Pradesh, 10 from Gujarat, seven from Maharashtra, four from Delhi and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir.
Of the 488 deaths, Maharashtra tops the list with 201 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 69, Gujarat at 48 and Delhi at 42 and Telangana at 18.
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported 15 deaths each while Uttar Pradesh has reported 14 fatalities.
Punjab and Karnataka have reported 13 deaths each.
Rajasthan has registered 11 deaths while West Bengal has reported 10 fatalities.
Five people have lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir while Kerala and Haryana have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand and Bihar have reported two deaths each.
Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry data.
However, a PTI tally of the figures reported by various states as on Saturday showed at least 14,848 confirmed cases and 503 deaths.
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