Mahim Dharavi Medical Practitioners Association conducts a thermal screening of residents of Shastri Nagar during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Dharavi in Mumbai, on April 14. (Photo:PTI)

The death toll related to novel coronavirus has climbed to 392 in India on Wednesday while the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has come close to the 12,000-mark.

In the last 24 hours, ending Wednesday morning, India has recorded 39 deaths and seen 1,118 new cases of coronavirus. With over a thousand fresh cases, India’s Covid-19 tally now stands at 11,933. These include 10,197 active cases while 1,344 patients have either been discharged or cured, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said. The total number of cases includes 76 foreign nationals.

According to the ministry's data updated on Wednesday evening, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra at 2,687 followed by Delhi at 1,561 and Tamil Nadu at 1,204.

The cases have gone up to 1,005 in Rajasthan followed by 987 in Madhya Pradesh, 735 in Uttar Pradesh and 647 in Telengana. Gujarat has 697 cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh at 503 and Kerala at 387.

The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to 278 in Jammu and Kashmir, 277 in Karnataka, 199 in Haryana and 213 in West Bengal. Punjab has reported 186 infections so far.

Bihar has reported 70 cases, while Odisha has 60 coronavirus cases. Thirty-seven people were infected with the virus in Uttarakhand, while Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Chhattisgarh have 33 cases each.

Jharkhand has 27 cases, Chandigarh has 21 cases and Ladakh has 17, while 11 cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Goa and Puducherry have reported seven Covid-19 infections each, Manipur and Tripura have two cases each.

Death toll nears 400

The death toll due to novel coronavirus rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported in 24 hours.

Thirty-nine deaths have been reported since Monday evening. Of the total deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 178 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 53, Delhi at 30, Gujarat at 30 and Telengana at 178 Punjab has reported 13 deaths, Tamil Nadu 12, Karntaka 11 while Andhra Pradesh has reported nine deaths.

West Bengal has reported seven deaths while 11 people have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh.

Jammu and Kashmir has reported four fatalities each while Kerala, Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand has reported two deaths. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry's data.

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