India’s COVID-19 cases surge to 79,09,960; More than 70 Lakh patients cured and discharged so far

New Delhi: With 45,149 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, India’s total cases surge to 79,09,960. With 480 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,19,014 on Monday (October 26).

Total active cases are 6,53,717 after a decrease of 14,437 in last 24 hrs Total cured cases are 71,37,229 with 59,105 new discharges in last 24 hrs.

As per the tracker, India has the highest number of recovered patients in the world with the number of recovered patients in the country crossing the 7 million recoveries mark at 7,078,123.

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With 1,41,001 total active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by COVID-19 in the country. While 14,60,755 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, 43,264 have died so far.

Among other severely affected states, Karnataka has 81,069 active cases, while 7,10,843 people have recovered and 10,905 have succumbed to the coronavirus.

Kerala has 96,688 active cases, while 2,94,910 patients have been cured so far in the state along with 1,332 deaths reported due to the disease.

West Bengal has 37,017 active cases, while Tamil Nadu and the national capital Delhi have 30,606 and 26,744 active cases respectively.
Meanwhile, a total of 10,34,62,778 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 25th October. Of these 9,39,309 samples were tested yesterday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).