With 97,570 new COVID-19 cases reported in India, the highest peak in new cases in the past 24 hours, the national count of coronavirus cases has passed the 46 lakh mark, the central government said on Saturday.
With this latest increase, the count is 46,59,985 of which, there are a total of 9,58,316 active cases, while 36,24,197 patients have been cured / discharged / migrated from the disease, said the Ministry of Health of the Union.
The current death toll from coronavirus in the country rose to 77,472 after 1,201 deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra remains the state most affected by the infection with 2,61,798 active cases and 28,282 deaths from COVID-19, while Andhra Pradesh in the second position has a total of 97,338 active cases and 4,702 deaths.
Tamil Nadu has a total of 48,482 active cases and 8,154 deaths from COVID-19. Karnataka, on the other hand, has 1,01,556 active cases and 6,937 deaths.
Delhi has a total of 25,416 active cases and 4,666 deaths from the virus.
More than three-quarters of reported COVID-19 cases in India have recovered or been discharged, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reported on Saturday.
In a tweet, the Union Ministry of Health shared an image that showed the country’s recovery rate at 77.65 percent, while the percentage of active cases is 20.7 percent.
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