The recovery rate for covid-19 is 85.52%.
For the second day in a row, the number of active coronavirus cases remained below 9 lakh.
The total number of coronavirus cases amounted to 69,79,424, while the death toll rose to 1,07,416 and 926 people succumbed to the disease within 24 hours, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), 8,57,98,698 accumulated samples have been analyzed as of October 9. Up to 11,64,018 samples were tested on Friday.
The 926 new deaths include 302 from Maharashtra, 114 from Karnataka, 68 from Tamil Nadu, 62 from West Bengal, 48 from Uttar Pradesh, 39 from Delhi, 38 from Chhattisgarh, 32 from Punjab, 31 from Andhra Pradesh.
The total 1,07,416 deaths reported so far in the country include 39,732 from Maharashtra, followed by 10,120 from Tamil Nadu, 9,789 from Karnataka, 6,293 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,159 from Andhra Pradesh, 5,692 from Delhi, 5,501 from West Bengal, 3,773 from Punjab and 3,547 from Gujarat.
The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70% of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
The increased number of recoveries has helped the national recovery rate improve further to 85.52 percent, the ministry said.
A total of 82,753 the patients recovered and were discharged the day before, while 73,272 new infections were reported, according to official data.
The COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped to 1.54%.
India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and 40 lakh on September 5. It went from 50 lakh on September 16 and crossed 60 lakh on September 28.
Maharashtra’s COVID-19 count on Friday crossed the 15 lakh mark with the addition of 12,134 cases, a health department official said.
The case count is now at 15.06.018, he said.
The state reported 302 deaths on Friday, bringing the death count to 39,732, the official said.
Karnataka reported 10,913 new COVID-19 cases and 114 related deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 6,90,269 and the death toll to 9,789, the health department said.
This is the third day in a row that the state has reported more than 10,000 new infections.
Kerala reported 9,250 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the overall count of those affected in the state to 2,66,100, while 25 deaths brought the figure to 955.
The COVID-19 count in Uttar Pradesh on Friday rose to more than 4.3 lakh after the state reported 3,249 new cases, authorities said.
More than 13,850 out of every 10 lakh people in Andhra Pradesh have contracted the coronavirus disease so far, the state government said on Friday, even as the total number of cases increased to 7,44,864 with the addition of 5,145 new infections.
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