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New Delhi : The Covid-19 toll jumped to 1,74,308 in India on April 16, 2021, as 1,185 new deaths were recorded in the country in last 24 hours, a matter of serious concern. The new deaths included 349 in Maharashtra, 135 in Chhattisgarh, 112 in Delhi, 104 in Uttar Pradesh, 81 in Gujarat, 66 in Karnataka, 53 in Madhya Pradesh, 50 in Punjab, 33 in Rajasthan, 29 in Tamilnadu, 28 in Jharkhand, 24 in Bihar, 22 in West Bengal, 14 in Andhra Pradesh, and 18 in Haryana. India had recorded 1,038 new deaths on April 15, 2021. Meanwhile, the case fatality rate further dropped to 1.22% from 1.23% on April 15, 2021.
The Covid-19 toll in India on April 16, 2021, was : Maharashtra (59,153), Tamilnadu (12,999), Karnataka (13,112), Delhi (11,652), Andhra Pradesh (7,353), Uttar Pradesh (9,480), West Bengal (10,480), Gujarat (5,076), Madhya Pradesh (4,365), Rajasthan (3,041), Punjab (7,722), Telengana (1,797), J&K (2,046), Haryana (3,334), Bihar (1,675), Odisha (1,935), Jharkhand (1,320), Assam (1,123), Uttarakhand (1,802), Kerala (4,856), Chhattisgarh (5,442), Puducherry (699), Goa (862), Tripura (394), Chandigarh (407), Andaman & Nicobar (63), Himachal Pradesh (1,159), Ladakh (132), Manipur (376), Nagaland (93), Meghalaya (151), Arunachal Pradesh (56), Sikkim (136), Mizoram (12), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (4), and Lakshadweep (1).