India records 46,963 new COVID-19 infections, total tally surges to 81.84 lakh

New Delhi: Coronavirus cases in India surged to 81.84 lakh with 46,963 new infections being reported in a day. As per the Ministry of Health data, coronavirus case hold stands at  81,84,082.

The total number of coronavirus cases includes 74,91,513 recovered cases and 570458 active cases. The number of active cases of COVID-19 remained below 6 lakh for the third consecutive day. The death toll climbed to 1,22,111 with 470 new fatalities, the ministry data showed.

The 470 new fatalities include 74 from Maharashtra, 63 from Chhattisgarh, 57 from West Bengal, 41 from Delhi and 31 from Tamil Nadu.

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

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	173	9	4100	24	59
2	Andhra Pradesh	24575	939	792083	3708	6690	14
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1856	82	12959	182	37
4	Assam	9367	1054	196054	1386	930	4
5	Bihar	7516	381	207480	1134	1090	6
6	Chandigarh	641	16	13551	82	226	1
7	Chhattisgarh	22090	260	163079	2161	2101	63
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	39	10	3210	13	2
9	Delhi	32719	356	347476	4665	6511	41
10	Goa	2344	61	40678	269	604	2
11	Gujarat	13084	84	155982	1014	3716	5
12	Haryana	12191	340	153230	1391	1789	12
13	Himachal Pradesh	2880	11	18862	267	317	5
14	Jammu and Kashmir	6419	416	86888	864	1478	7
15	Jharkhand	5302	106	95575	367	884	1
16	Karnataka	55036	4482	757208	7468	11168	28
17	Kerala	91297	626	340324	7330	1484	27
18	Ladakh	656	29	5539	46	75	1
19	Madhya Pradesh	8929	365	159479	1024	2951	10
20	Maharashtra	124142	1829	1510353	7303	43911	74
21	Manipur	3472	831	14862	1057	168	4
22	Meghalaya	1019	151	8345	220	88	1
23	Mizoram	461	24	2291	7	1
24	Nagaland	1554	44	7454	146	39
25	Odisha	13047	453	275749	1911	1320	12
26	Puducherry	3697	42	30724	147	592
27	Punjab	4257	156	125198	328	4203	16
28	Rajasthan	15102	149	179984	1920	1907	9
29	Sikkim	251	3	3617	26	72	4
30	Tamil Nadu	22164	1368	691236	3848	11122	31
31	Telengana	18241	168	220466	1579	1341	5
32	Tripura	1400	93	29048	170	346
33	Uttarakhand	3883	249	57422	152	1023	12
34	Uttar Pradesh	23768	663	451070	2426	7025	18
35	West Bengal	36886	113	329937	4049	6841	57
Total#		570458	12191	7491513	58684	122111	470

The national recovery rate to 91.54 per cent while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.49 per cent.

New infections due to COVID-19 have started to decline steadily since the first week of October.

A total of 18,71,498 cases were reported in October, a decrease from last month's 26,21,418, accounting for about 22.87 per cent of the total instances of the viral infection reported in the country so far, as per PTI report.

The past month also saw 23,433 lives lost due to the disease, which is around 19.19 per cent of the total 1,22,111 deaths recorded so far.

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, 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 10,98,87,303 samples have been tested up to October 31 with 10,91,239 samples being tested on Saturday.