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.