Updated On: 11 April, 2021 07:50 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
A total of 1,68,436 people have so far died due to the pandemic.

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Amid a rersurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic, ten states in the country account for 86.78 per cent of the new deaths with Maharashtra recording maximum 301 casualties followed by 91 daily deaths in Chhattisgarh.
The information came when daily deaths continue to show an upward trend with 794 fatalities due to the viral disease in the last 24 hours across the country. A total of 1,68,436 people have so far died due to the pandemic.