Coronavirus: India's death toll nears 100-mark; over 3,000 cases reported

According to the latest update from the Health Ministry, by 6 pm on Saturday, India had reported 3,072 COVID-19 cases.

These include 75 deaths and 2,784 active cases, along with 212 cured/discharged patients, and one patient who has migrated out of India.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said it tested 11,182 samples for coronavirus on Saturday and 324 were positive.

Although the Health Ministry reported 75 deaths, a lag has been observed between the independent tally of several states and the national tally.

22 additional deaths have been reported: Maharashtra (27), Madhya Pradesh (11), Telangana (11), West Bengal (7), Karnataka (4), Rajasthan (4), Tamil Nadu (3).

Separately, a woman from Himachal Pradesh's Baddi and a 67-year-old man from Haryana's Ambala died at PGIMER, Chandigarh.

Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state in the coronavirus outbreak.

The state had reported 26 confirmed COVID-19 deaths till Friday. On Saturday, a 45-year-old man, who died on April 2, was tested positive for the disease, Amravati District Collector Shelesh Nawal told ANI.

Maharashtra also reports the most infections: 635 COVID-19 cases. Five cases, including one death, have been reported from Dharavi slums.

Delhi on Saturday reported a total of 445 COVID-19 cases, including six deaths. Out of these, 40 infections were because of local transmission, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

Citing the local transmission cases in Delhi, Kejriwal said, "[The outbreak] is under control."

Delhi's Health Department said that out of 445 cases, 301 are from the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Nizamuddin in mid-March.

Tablighi Jamaat is an Islamic missionary group that held a religious congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin in mid-March. This event has been linked to 1,023 COVID-19 cases across 17 states in India, Lav Agarwal said. This means around 30% of all cases are linked to the Jamaat event.

The Home Ministry said 22,000 Jamaat workers and their contacts are now under quarantine.

Kerala has reported 295 positive cases and two deaths.

Tamil Nadu has reported 485 COVID-19 cases and three deaths.

Telangana has reported 272 COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths. Reportedly, a 55-year-old woman, who died on April 1, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier on Saturday. However, the state bulletin (updated at 9 pm on Saturday) has kept its death toll unchanged since Friday at 11.

A coronavirus-positive woman delivered a baby at AIIMS-Delhi. The doctors say the baby is so far healthy. The woman is the wife of a resident doctor at AIIMS' Physiology Department and had just tested positive this Thursday.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory to start rapid antibody-based blood tests in cluster zones, migration gatherings, and evacuee centers.