New Delhi: India reports a spike of 55,342 new COVID19 cases & 706 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Total case tally stands at 71,75,881 including 8,38,729 active cases, 62,27,296 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,09,856 deaths, said Union Health Ministry.
Among other severely affected states, Karnataka has 1,15,795 active cases; while 5,92,084 people have recovered, 10,036 succumbed to the novel coronavirus.
Andhra Pradesh has 43,983 active and over seven lakh cured cases, besides 6,256 deaths.
Tamil Nadu has 43,747 active cases, with 6,07,203 recoveries, alongside 10,314 fatalities.
Delhi’s count of active cases is at 20,535, while over 2.8 lakh patients have recovered, besides 5,809 dying by COVID.
Meanwhile, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 8,89,45,107 samples have been tested in the country for COVID-19 till Monday. This includes 10,73,014 samples tested on October 12.
The MoHFW said that the trend of declining average daily cases is being witnessed over the past five weeks.
“After a month, on October 9, active cases fell below the 9 lakhs mark and have steadily followed a downward slope since,” the MoHFW said.
This is a developing story.
