600 active cases in India, Majority of the cases are from Maharastra state

Corona positive cases hit the 600 mark in India.

The confirmed cases in India rose to 600 on Wednesday, 43 of them are foreign nationals.

tens of people died in India so far. Wednesday is the first day of the lockdown initiated by prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday which will be continued for 21 days.

Kerala with 109 active cases including 8 foreign nationals.

1st death has happened due to corona in Madhya Pradesh when a 65-year-old lady from the Ujjain town died on Wednesday afternoon.

There are over 15,000 sample collection centers started for testing COVID-19

The second death case in Delhi when a man died who was tested positive when he was under medication, tested negative during his last breath. so the health ministry said they are not going to count this death in the list of people who died because of COVID-19.

Three new positive cases are found in Gujarat state adding them the state has 38 COVID-19 patients as of now.

here's the list of states with COVID-19 patients count:

• Andhra Pradesh - 9
• Telangana - 35
• Bihar - 4
• Chhattishgarh - 1
• Delhi - 30
• Gujarat - 39
• Haryana - 28
• Himachal Pradesh - 3
• Karnataka - 40
• Kerala - 109
• Madhya Pradesh - 128
• Odisha - 2
• Puducherry - 36
• Punjab - 29
• Rajasthan - 36
• Tamilnadu - 18
• Chandigarh - 8
• Jammu Kashmir - 7
• Ladakh - 13
• Uttar Pradesh - 37
• Uttarakhand - 4
• West Bengal - 9

42 people have been cured so far in India.