Coronavirus: India's recoveries zoom past 7 million mark; active cases over 6.80 lakh
24-October-2020

Recoveries from the novel coronavirus zoomed past the 7-million mark in India on Saturday, according to the latest figures published by the Union Health Ministry. The recovery rate in the country is about 89.78 per cent. As per the data, 70,16,046 people have recuperated from the highly-infectious virus so far. In the last 24 hours, about 67,549 infected persons bounced back to recovery. About 53,370 new infections have been recorded, taking the overall caseload to 78,14,682. At least 650 people died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The deadly infection has so far claimed lives of 1,17,956 people. According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 10,13,82,564 samples have been tested up to October 23, with 12,69,479 samples tested on Friday.

The 650 latest fatalities include 184 from Maharashtra, 60 from West Bengal, 58 from Chhattisgarh, 51 from Karnataka, 40 from Uttar Pradesh, 33 from Tamil Nadu and 26 each from Delhi and Kerala. The total 1,17,956 deaths reported so far in the country include 43,015 from Maharashtra followed by 10,858 from Tamil Nadu, 10,821 from Karnataka, 6,830 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,544 from Andhra Pradesh, 6,368 from West Bengal, 6,189 from Delhi, 4,095 from Punjab and 3,673 from Gujarat. The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.