New Delhi (NVI): India registered a single-day rise of 63,371 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 73,70,469, Union Health Ministry confirmed.
The country’s death toll has gone up to 1,12,161 with 895 new fatalities being reported during the same period.
So far, 64,53,780 patients have recovered all over the country, while active cases stands at 8,04,528. The recovery rate also improves further to 87 per cent.
In terms of total number of cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state with 15,64,615 coronavirus cases followed by Andhra Pradesh with 7,71,503 cases, Karnataka with 7,43,848 positive cases.
The other worst affected states included Tamil Nadu (6,74,802), Uttar Pradesh (4,47,383) and Delhi (3,21,031).
In terms of fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 41,196 deaths followed by Tamil Nadu 10,472, ministry said.
The death toll in the national capital surged to 5,924 while another 2,92,605 patients have been cured so far, healthy ministry data shows.
As per the Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR) data, a total of 9,22,54,927 samples tested for COVID-19 up to October 15. Of these, 10,28,622 samples were tested yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry said that India continues to have one of the lowest deaths per million population globally. Also, some states and Union Territories are performing better and reporting much lower deaths per million than the national average.
-RJV
