Coronavirus cases in India increased by 36,469 new infections on Monday, the lowest number of new daily cases since July 17. The total number of covid cases in India is now 79,46,429. With 488 new deaths from covid in the last 24 hours, the total number of deaths amounted to 1,19,502.
India’s total active cases is 6.25,857 after a decrease of 27,860 in the last 24 hours. India has cured the cases of 72,01,070 covid patients with 63,842 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
The number of cases reported on Tuesday is the lowest since India had 35,065 new confirmed infections on July 17. Last month, the country reached a peak of nearly 100,000 cases in a single day, but daily infections have been declining ever since.
With a total of 1,34,657 active cases, Maharashtra remains the most affected state by COVID-19 in the country. While 14,70,660 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, 43,348 have died so far.
Among other severely affected states, Karnataka has 75,442 active cases, while 7,19,558 people have recovered and 10,947 have succumbed to the coronavirus.
Kerala has 93,848 active cases, while 3,02,017 patients have been cured so far in the state along with 1,352 deaths reported due to the disease.
West Bengal has 37,190 active cases, while Tamil Nadu and the national capital Delhi have 29,268 and 25,786 active cases respectively.
Meanwhile, a total of 10,44,20,894 samples have been tested for COVID-19 as of October 26. Of these 9,58,116 samples were analyzed yesterday, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said.
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