New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that active COVID-19 cases in the country stand at 7,48,538, while 67,33,328 people have recovered from the disease.
As per the MoHFW, the number of active cases stand at 7,48,538 while the number of cured/discharged/migrated people stands at 67,33,329. The death toll has reached 1,15,197. With 1,83,456 total active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by COVID-19 in the country.
While 13,69,810 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, 42,115 have died so far.
Among other severely affected states, Karnataka has 1,09,283 active cases, while 6,45,825 people have recovered, 10,478 have succumbed to the coronavirus.
Delhi has 23,292 active cases, 3,01,716 recovered and 6,009 deaths reported so far.
Meanwhile, the trend of daily cases in the five most affected states-Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu – reveals stages of the decline of active cases. It mirrors a steady decrease in active cases in India with caseload being sustained below 8 lakhs for 3 days in a row, said the Health Ministry.
“India’s Active Cases have fallen below 8L after 6 weeks and continue to slide further down. 22 States/UTs have less than 20,000 Active Cases, and only 3 are reporting more than 50,000 active caseload,” MoHFW said in a tweet.
?#COVID19 India Tracker
(As on 20 October, 2020, 08:00 AM)➡️Confirmed cases: 75,97,063
➡️Recovered: 67,33,328 (88.63%)?
➡️Active cases: 7,48,538 (9.85%)
➡️Deaths: 1,15,197 (1.52%)#IndiaFightsCorona#Unite2FightCorona#StaySafeVia @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/Eg24Yv3t8M
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) October 20, 2020
This is a developing story.