Maintaining a “steady downward trend,” the number of active COVID-19 cases in India remained below eight lakhs for the third day in a row on Monday and accounted for 10.45% of total cases, the ministry said. Union Health Department.
There are 77,20,55 active cases of coronavirus infection to date. The total number of recoveries has risen to 66,63,608 and exceeds active cases by 5,891,553.
The death toll rose to 11,46,10 and the virus claimed 579 lives in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the country improved to 88.03%, the ministry said.
The one-day death toll from covid -19 is the lowest since July 19.
A total of 66,399 coronavirus patients have recovered and discharged in one day, while 55,722 new infections were reported during the same period, according to data from the Health Ministry.
A total of 9,50,83,976 samples were analyzed for COVID-19 as of October 18. Of these, 8,59,786 samples were analyzed yesterday, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said.
Up to 22 states and Union territories, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh, have fewer than 20,000 active cases.
India ranked second behind the US in terms of active COVID-19 cases, as well as total case burden, according to Worldometer, a website that publishes coronavirus statistics from around the world. In addition, the country is in the first position in terms of the number of recovered cases and the third in terms of deaths globally behind the United States and Brazil.
Maharashtra reported a single-day increase of 9,060 positive coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the state’s overall count to 15.95,381, the health department said.
The death of 150 patients due to the pandemic brought the death toll to 42,115, it said in a statement.
Kerala recorded 7,631 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of people infected with the pathogen in the state to 3.39 lakh, the state health department said.
Health Minister KK Shailaja said 22 related deaths were reported on Sunday, bringing the number to 1,161.
The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal passed the 6,000 mark on Sunday with 64 more deaths, even as a record number of 3,983 new cases brought the tally to 3,21,036, the health department said.
Uttar Pradesh reported 29 more deaths due to COVID-19 and 2,503 new cases on Sunday.
The state’s COVID-19 count has reached 4,55,146 and the death toll rose to 6,658.
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