With 44,684 new COVID-19 cases, India's tally nears 88 lakh-mark

The total coronavirus cases in India now stands at 87,73,479 which includes 4,80,719 active cases and 81,63,572 recovered or discharged cases.

New Delhi: Coronavirus cases in India neared 88-lakh mark on Saturday (November 14, 2020) with 44,684 new COVID-19 infections reported in a single day. As per the Ministry of Health data, the coronavirus cases in India stand at 87,73,479 which includes 4,80,719 active cases and 81,63,572  recovered or discharged cases.

The recovery rate stands at 92.97 per cent, and the fatality rate is 1.47 per cent, the Ministry said.

Maharashtra continued to be the worst-hit state with 17,40,461 cases to date. There are 84,082 active cases and 45,809 Covid-19 deaths.

Delhi recorded a spike of 7,802 Covid-19 cases on Friday taking its infection tally to over 4,74,830, while 91 more fatalities pushed the national capital`s death toll to 7,423.

The other worst hits are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.

Here's the state-wise data of COVID-19 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	153	11	4304	22	61
2	Andhra Pradesh	20262	595	824189	2178	6847	10
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1392	48	14319	105	47
4	Assam	4389	410	204721	642	958	1
5	Bihar	5637	126	218313	719	1174	7
6	Chandigarh	1009	7	14381	84	246	2
7	Chhattisgarh	19221	840	187522	2370	2545	18
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	20	1	3259	4	2
9	Delhi	44329	1213	423078	6498	7423	91
10	Goa	1715	13	43388	167	658	2
11	Gujarat	12389	68	169936	1078	3791	6
12	Haryana	19413	546	174380	2115	2006	27
13	Himachal Pradesh	6739	574	21846	239	423	12
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5645	67	94375	551	1574	8
15	Jharkhand	3291	377	101569	661	921	4
16	Karnataka	28045	1444	818392	3443	11491	17
17	Kerala	77508	423	434730	6201	1822	26
18	Ladakh	989	18	6213	62	89
19	Madhya Pradesh	8876	204	170093	833	3076	11
20	Maharashtra	85045	538	1609607	4543	45809	127
21	Manipur	3068	47	18144	255	213	6
22	Meghalaya	1028	17	9455	87	98
23	Mizoram	573	5	2792	53	3	1
24	Nagaland	727	62	8859	83	52	2
25	Odisha	10264	498	295245	1504	1495	12
26	Puducherry	1073	2	34571	70	608	1
27	Punjab	5771	332	130406	388	4428	16
28	Rajasthan	17657	305	201770	1827	2044	12
29	Sikkim	293	29	4036	17	86	1
30	Tamil Nadu	17748	647	725258	2572	11454	14
31	Telengana	16404	690	238908	1736	1401	4
32	Tripura	1143	24	30414	100	362	2
33	Uttarakhand	4307	151	62302	312	1097	4
34	Uttar Pradesh	23095	146	477180	2005	7327	25
35	West Bengal	31501	684	385617	4468	7557	51
Total#		480719	3828	8163572	47992	129188	520

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) conducted 9,29,491 sample tests on Friday, taking the total tested samples to 12,40,31,230.

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 surpassed 80 lakh on October 29.