NEW DELHI: The total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in India has crossed the 4,000-mark with the death toll surging past 100 on Monday.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 4,067 cases with an increase of 490 cases in the last 12 hours ending Monday morning. The ministry added that the death toll has crossed the 100-mark. At least 109 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported across the country.

While the active cases in India are 3,666, around 300 people have either been discharged or migrated, the Union ministry added. Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state on Monday with the number of confirmed cases nearing the 700-mark.

After Maharashtra, at 571, Tamil Nadu has the most number of novel coronavirus cases. Delhi has also crossed the 500-mark. On Monday, the tally stood at 503. Kerala, which had reported the first case in the country, has now registered 314 positive cases.

As of Sunday night, the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in India was 3,374 and death toll at 77. The number of cases in Telengana has gone up to 321, 314 in Kerala and 253 in Rajasthan. There are 227 Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, 226 in Andhra Pradesh, 165 in Madhya Pradesh, 151 in Karnataka and 122 in Gujarat.

Jammu and Kashmir has reported 106 cases, Haryana 84, West Bengal 80 and Punjab 68. Thirty people are afflicted with Covid-19 in Bihar, while Assam and Uttarakhand have reported 26 novel coronavirus cases each.

Odisha has 21 positive cases, Chandigarh 18, Ladakh 14 and Himachal Pradesh 13. Ten cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, while Chhattisgarh has nine cases of the infection. Goa has reported seven COVID-19 cases, followed by Puducherry with five cases, Jharkhand three and Manipur two cases. Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one infection each.

As per the Health Ministry's data updated on Monday 9 am, 21 fresh deaths were reported from Maharashtra. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu reported two deaths each while Punjab reported one.

Maharashtra has reported the most coronavirus deaths at 45, followed by Gujarat at 11, Madhya Pradesh at nine, Telangana and Delhi at seven each, Tamil Nadu at five and Punjab at six.

Karnataka has reported four deaths, while West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have recorded three fatalities each. Two deaths each have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have reported one fatality each, according to the data.

9pm9minutes on Sunday: Lights off, India shows solidarity

Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, Indians across the country switched off lights and lit candles, diyas on Sunday night to show solidarity in fight against coronavirus.

People turned off lights at their homes, lit lamps and candles as some stood in their balconies. While fireworks were heard in some areas, at many places the air resonated with the sounds of devotional songs, mantras and national anthem.

Prime Minister Modi also posted on Twitter photos of him lighting a lamp. Earlier on March 22, PM Modi had sought to rally Indians by applauding those working to fight coronavirus.

Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan lit a diya along with AIIMS doctors and staff, whom he calls "corona warriors", at the Delhi campus. "Let the brightness of the lights ignite our energies and ensure the victory of good over evil. My prayers go out for all those million homes across the planet suffering because of coronavirus. I call upon them all to be a part of this symbolic war over evil forces," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.

The nine-minute lights-out event on Sunday evening went off well without any disruption in the electricity grid after the government and utilities put in place elaborate plans to deal with the sudden drop and then a quick spurt in demand.