COVID-19 case hold in India cross 71 lakh mark with 66,732 new coronavirus infections

New Delhi: With a spike of 66,732 coronavirus cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed  71 lakh mark on Monday (October 12, 2020). As per the Ministry of Health data, total coronavirus cases in India stands at 71,20,538.

Out of the total cases, 8,61,853 are currently active, 61,49,535 have been discharged, while 1,09,150 lost the battle against the pandemic.

The recovery rate stands at 86.36 per cent, the fatality rate is 1.53 per cent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 15,28,226 cases including 40,349 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

Here's the state-wise data of coronavirus cases in India:

S. 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	186	7	3764	20	55
2	Andhra Pradesh	46295	329	703208	5509	6224	30
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2891	49	9232	197	24	1
4	Assam	28385	836	164582	1227	816	5
5	Bihar	11044	121	184541	1151	946	2
6	Chandigarh	1184	45	11787	125	191	1
7	Chhattisgarh	27348	21	113771	2117	1253	18
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	102	2	3059	9	2
9	Delhi	21701	306	281869	3057	5769	29
10	Goa	4656	2	33203	426	507	8
11	Gujarat	15695	241	132173	1413	3566	9
12	Haryana	10573	104	130003	1162	1579	7
13	Himachal Pradesh	2687	31	14471	193	250	2
14	Jammu and Kashmir	10466	330	71845	890	1322	9
15	Jharkhand	8167	195	83571	766	787	3
16	Karnataka	120289	659	580054	10107	9966	75
17	Kerala	96401	398	191798	8924	1003	25
18	Ladakh	980	42	4037	64	64
19	Madhya Pradesh	15177	435	129019	1985	2624	25
20	Maharashtra	221637	22	1266240	10461	40349	309
21	Manipur	2731	123	10504	108	91	3
22	Meghalaya	2478	41	5142	97	63	1
23	Mizoram	174	17	2010	26	0
24	Nagaland	1259	21	5743	49	17
25	Odisha	23602	812	227615	3342	1022	16
26	Puducherry	4695	24	26291	336	563	4
27	Punjab	9275	477	110865	1098	3833	35
28	Rajasthan	21412	58	135990	2072	1650	14
29	Sikkim	384	66	2920	104	55
30	Tamil Nadu	44095	55	602038	5005	10252	65
31	Telengana	24514	1199	187342	2214	1228	6
32	Tripura	3742	209	24403	317	316	1
33	Uttarakhand	7373	52	46931	461	747	13
34	Uttar Pradesh	40019	191	390566	3417	6394	41
35	West Bengal	30236	443	258948	3110	5622	59
Total#		861853	5643	6149535	71559	109150	816

The total active cases account for 12.10 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed.The case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has dropped to 1.53 per cent.

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 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.

According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 9,94,851 sample tests in a single day on Sunday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 8,78,72,093.