Continuing a steady downward trend, India recorded 73,272 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. While the number of recent deaths was 926, bringing the death count to 107,416, according to figures released by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
The number of active cases stood at 883,185. Up to 5,988,822 patients recovered or were discharged from hospitals, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
As of October 9, the country has tested more than 8,57,98,600 samples for Covid-19. As many as 11,64,018 samples were analyzed on Friday, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) reported on Twitter.
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Meanwhile, Maharashtra continued to be the state most affected by Covid-19, followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Maharashtra’s count crossed the 15 lakh mark by adding 12,134 new boxes. The state is the most affected by Covid-19 followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
As of Friday night, Karnataka has a total of 6,90,269, including 9,789 deaths and 5,61,610 downloads. Active cases amount to 1,18,851, the Karnataka government’s department of health and family welfare said. Whereas in Andhra Pradesh the total number of infections is 7,44,864, including 47,665 active cases, 6,91,040 recoveries and 6,159 deaths so far.
The national capital continued adding less than 3,000 boxes a day, the total count has reached 3.03.693. Delhi has 21,955 active cases and 5,692 people have died according to figures from Friday night.
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