India records less than 40k COVID-19 cases in single day after 3 months

New Delhi: India on Tuesday (October 27) reported less than 40,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day after a span of over three months. As per the Ministry of Health data, 36,470 new COVID-19 infections were reported in India in the last 24 hours.

The new fatalities registered during the same period also remained under 500 for the second consecutive day. The death toll climbed to 1,19,502 with 488 new fatalities in India. 

India's COVID-19 caseload now stands at 79,46,429 out of which 72,01,070 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. The national recovery rate is now at  to 90.62 per cent while the case fatality rate stands at 1.50 per cent.

The number of active cases of coronavirus infection has remained below 7 lakh for five days in a row. There are 6,25,857 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date, which comprises 7.88 per cent of the total caseload.

Notably, 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, the 60-lakh mark on September 28 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.

The 488 new fatalities include 84 from Maharashtra, 59 from West Bengal, 54 from Delhi, 43 from Chhattisgarh, 42 from Karnataka and 32 from Tamil Nadu.

The total 1,19,502 deaths reported so far in the country include 43,348 from Maharashtra followed by 10,956 from Tamil Nadu, 10,947 from Karnataka, 6,904 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,606 from Andhra Pradesh, 6,546 from West Bengal, 6,312 from Delhi, 4,125 from Punjab and 3,690 from Gujarat.

 Here's the state-wise tally of COVID-19 data across India:

. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	198	6	3997	14	58
2	Andhra Pradesh	28770	2090	773548	3972	6606	19
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2174	86	12182	231	35	2
4	Assam	14891	2619	188587	2832	908	2
5	Bihar	9355	367	201942	1024	1058	9
6	Chandigarh	633	20	13230	63	222	4
7	Chhattisgarh	22093	1650	153654	3256	1861	43
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	50	1	3176	1	2
9	Delhi	25786	958	327390	3736	6312	54
10	Goa	2517	59	39433	343	582	6
11	Gujarat	13716	198	150513	1102	3690	4
12	Haryana	10154	141	147566	1284	1737	10
13	Himachal Pradesh	2511	22	17782	192	293	2
14	Jammu and Kashmir	7296	269	83485	627	1444	6
15	Jharkhand	5666	178	93368	392	872	6
16	Karnataka	75442	5627	719558	8715	10947	42
17	Kerala	93848	2840	302017	7107	1352	20
18	Ladakh	691	45	5216	90	71
19	Madhya Pradesh	10857	380	154222	1095	2890	5
20	Maharashtra	134657	6344	1470660	9905	43348	84
21	Manipur	4223	57	13057	200	144	5
22	Meghalaya	1514	91	7471	139	81
23	Mizoram	315	25	2212	9	0
24	Nagaland	1838	33	6792	68	33	2
25	Odisha	15331	537	266105	2003	1259	14
26	Puducherry	3758	46	29990	189	588
27	Punjab	4219	2	123047	326	4125	8
28	Rajasthan	16233	435	169962	2226	1853	14
29	Sikkim	245	1	3530	5	65	1
30	Tamil Nadu	29268	1338	671489	4014	10956	32
31	Telengana	17890	721	213466	1554	1315	4
32	Tripura	1796	49	28153	84	344	1
33	Uttarakhand	4080	345	55663	705	1001	8
34	Uttar Pradesh	26652	665	438521	2450	6904	22
35	West Bengal	37190	173	310086	3889	6546	59
Total#		625857	27860	7201070	63842	119502	488

According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 10,44,20,894 samples have been tested up to October 26 with 9,58,116 samples being tested on Monday. The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.