Of the total 21,129 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra tops the tally with 9,448 fatalities followed by Delhi with 3,213 deaths, Gujarat with 1,993, Tamil Nadu with 1,700, Uttar Pradesh with 845, West Bengal with 827, Madhya Pradesh with 629, Rajasthan with 482 and Karnataka with 470. The COVID-19 death toll reached 324 in Telangana,282 in Haryana, 264 in Andhra Pradesh, 178 in Punjab, 149 in Jammu and Kashmir, 107 in Bihar,48 in Odisha,46 in Uttarakhand and 27 in Kerala. Jharkhand has registered 22 deaths, Assam 16, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry 14 each, Himachal Pradesh 11, Goa 8, Chandigarh 7, Arunachal Pradesh 2 and Meghalaya, Tripura and Ladakh have reported one fatality each, according to the Health Ministry. 

More than 70 per cent deaths took place due to comorbidities, it said. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases at 2,23,724 followed by Tamil Nadu at 1,22,350, Delhi at 1,04,864,Gujarat at 38,333, Uttar Pradesh at 31,156, Telangana at 29,536 and Karnataka at 28,877, according to the ministry data.

Image:  Health workers wearing protective gear carry out a medical checkup of residents at a 'COVID-19 containment zones' in the Ambujwadi slum area, in Malad West, Mumbai on Wednesday. Pic: ANI