With 80K new Covid cases, India crosses 62L


New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS): With a spike of 80,472 coronavirus cases and 1,179 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Wednesday mounted to the grim 62 lakh-mark with a total of 62,25,763 cases.

Out of the total cases, 9,40,441 are currently active, 51,87,825 have been discharged, while 97,497 lost the battle against the viral disease.

While the recovery rate stands at a whopping high of 83.33 per cent, the fatality rate has come down to 1.57 per cent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 13,66,129 cases, including 36,181 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 10,86,688 sample tests in a single day on Tuesday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 7,41,96,729.

 

  

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  • J N Lobo, Mumbai

    Wed, Sep 30 2020

    Reported figures crossed 62 L . Actual may be much more.. We have to maintain the world record of recovered cases . Number of tests done recently is down by 7%.. Deaths - who is bothered.!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Wed, Sep 30 2020

    We were told 21 Days & now we are World Leaders ...

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