Total coronavirus cases in India rose by 55,342 in the last 24 hours to 7.18 million on Tuesday morning, the lowest daily increase since mid-August, data from the Health Ministry showed. India cured 77,760 covid patients in the past 24 hours, bringing total recoveries in India to 62,27,295 cases.
Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by 706 to 109,856, the ministry said.
India’s coronavirus case burden topped 7 million on Sunday and the country has added one million cases in just 13 days. It has the second highest number of infections, behind the United States, which is approaching 8 million.
The total number of samples analyzed as of October 12 is 8,89,45,107, including 10,73,014 samples analyzed yesterday, according to ICMR data.
Maharashtra’s COVID-19 count increased to 15,35,315 on Monday with the addition of 7,089 new cases, the state health department said. The state had reported 10,792 new cases on Sunday.
The Kerala government on Monday allowed the opening of select resorts in the state in two phases in strict compliance with COVID-19 precautions.
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