New Delhi (NVI): India registered a single-day rise of 61,267 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 66,85,083, Union Health Ministry confirmed.
The country’s death toll has reached 1,03,569 with 884 fatalities reported during this period.
Notably, the number of active cases stands at 9,19,023, while 56,62,491 patients have been cured and discharged from the hospitals across the country.
With this, the recovery rate further improves to 84.70 percent in the country.
In worst-hit Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases climbed to 14,53,653, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 7,23,512 cases, and Tamil Nadu with 6,25,391 cases.
The other worst affected states in the country are Karnataka (6,47,712), Uttar Pradesh (4,17,437) and Delhi (2,92,560).
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of death toll at 38,347 followed by 9,846 deaths in Tamil Nadu.
The death toll in the national capital surpassed to 5,542, while 2,63,938 patients have recovered so far, the healthy ministry data shows.
As per the Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR) data, 8,10,71,797 samples tested up to October 5 for COVID-19. Of these, 10,89,403 samples were tested yesterday.
Meanwhile, the government data shows that five states – Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh – have been reporting a rise in coronavirus cases even though India has witnessed a steady decline in daily infections in the past three weeks.
-RJV
