9th Covid death reported; cases jump to 468

March 23, 2020 22:11

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to nine on Monday after West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each, while the number of confirmed cases soared to 468, the Union health ministry said.

The number of active COVID-19 cases are 424 now and 35 people have been cured/discharged/migrated, while nine have died, taking total number of confirmed cases to 468, including 40 foreign nationals, according to the ministry data.

Seven deaths were earlier reported from Gujarat, Bihar and Maharahstra, Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra and Punjab. -- PTI

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