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India COVID-19 updates: 43,893 new cases and 508 deaths reported in last 24 hours

New Delhi
October 28, 2020

The new Coronavirus cases reported in India in a span of 24 hours remained below 45,000 even as the total COVID-19 caseload inched closer to 80 lakh, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.

The country's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 79,90,322 with 43,893 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,20,010 with 508 new fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8.00 am showed. A total of 72,59,509 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 90.85 %, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.50 %.

The active cases of Coronavirus infections remained below 7 lakhs for six days in a row, it said. There are 6,10,803 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country as on date, which comprises 7.64 % of the total caseload, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakhs mark on August 7, 30 lakhs on August 23 and 40 lakhs on September 5.