Coronavirus in India: After a steep fall in its single-day case on Tuesday to nearly 46,000, India again recorded more than 50,000 fresh cases within 24 hours, as per the Wednesday update by Union Health Ministry. With 54,044 new covid-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 76,51,108. With 717 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,15,914, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Total active cases are 7,40,090  after a decrease of 8448 in last 24 hours. Total cured/migrated cases are 67,95,103 with 61,775 new discharges in last 24 hours.

Covid-19 testing in India:

The Indian Council of Medical Research has said that total 9,72,00,379 samples tested for COVID19 up to 20th October. Of these, 10,83,608 samples were tested yesterday.

Important Covid-19 figures of India: 

Confirmed cases: 76,51,107
Recovered: 67,95,103 (88.81%)
Active cases: 7,40,090 (9.67%)
Deaths: 1,15,914 (1.51%)

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 16,09,516 cases, including 42,453 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

According to the health ministry, Covid-19 cases on oxygen support (in ICUs, through ventilators and oxygen supported beds) have shown a significant decrease since the last week of September. This aligns with the national decline of active cases to less than 10 per cent of the total cases.