Corona Cases Today: Less Than 55K Fresh Cases In Last 24 Hours, Active Cases Below 7 Lakh After Drop Of 20K Infections

Coronavirus cases daily update 23 October 2020: The total active cases are 6,95,509 after a decrease of 20,303 in the last 24 hrs. Total cured cases are 69,48,497 with 73,979 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

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Corona Cases Today: India on Friday kept a lower count of the fresh Covid-19 cases as it recorded less than 55k new infections. The country also crossed the 10 crore-mark of testing. As per the update by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with 54,366 new Covid-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 77,61,312. With 690 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,17,306. It stated that the total active cases are 6,95,509 after a decrease of 20,303 in last 24 hrs. Total cured cases are 69,48,497 with 73,979 new discharges in last 24 hrs. The Ministry has said that India's cumulative Positivity Rate is 7.81% and the daily figure is 3.8%. According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 14,42,722 sample tests in a single day on Thursday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 10,01,13,085. Here are the key stats: Confirmed cases: 77,61,312 Recovered: 69,48,497 (89.53%) Active cases: 6,95,509 (8.96%) Deaths: 1,17,306 (1.51%) While the recovery rate stands at 89.53 per cent, the fatality rate is 1.51 per cent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated. The several States and UTs are exhibiting the Positivity Rate higher than the national average indicating a need for aggressive and widespread testing. Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 16,25,197 cases, including 42,831 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi.