India, April 1 -- Record 72new cases in Maharashtra yesterday

India had 1,397 cases positive to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said March 31 (as of 8:30 pm).

* Of them, 124 have been cured or discharged.

* There have been 35 deaths due to the disease from the virus (COVID-19) so far.

* Maharashtra reportedly recorded a record new 72 cases, taking its tally to over 300. This has not been reflected in the figure above. So, chances are India's tally is already above 500.

* Unofficially, the tally is already above 1,600 - according to crowd-courced Covid19india.org.

* Kerala followed Maharashtra on the list, with 241 cases.

* The southern state's death toll has remained at 2 ...