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COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 80,88,851 with 48,648 new cases in the past 24 hours

New Delhi
October 30, 2020

India saw 48,648 new Coronavirus infections being reported in a day taking the COVID-19 caseload to 80,88,851 while the active cases fell below 6,00,000 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The National Recovery rate crossed 91%. The COVID-19 death toll in the country climbed to 1,21,090 with 563 new fatalities, the data updated showed.
A total of 73,73,375 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far pushing the national recovery rate to 91.15% while the case fatality rate stands at 1.50%.

There are 5,94,386 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 7.35% of the total caseload, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5 . It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28,70 lakh on October 11 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 10,77,28,088 samples have been tested up to October 29 with 11,64,648 samples being tested on Thursday.