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COVID-19: 2,060 new cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours, 10 people have died

October 17, 2022
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Image Source: PTI COVID-19: 2,060 new cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours, 10 people have died

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  • National COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 98.75 percent
  • Active cases in the country have increased to 26,834
  • The death toll has risen to 5,28,905

COVID-19: India on Monday reported 2,060 new coronavirus cases, raising its tally to 4,46,30,888, while 10 more fatalities took the death toll to 5,28,905, the health ministry said on Monday.

According to the data updated by the ministry at 8 am, active cases rose to 26,834 and comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections.

It added that the national COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 98.75 per cent.

The number of active COVID-19 cases registered an increase of 209 cases in the 24-hour period.

The death toll rose to 5,28,905 with 10 more deaths, the figures said, including the four deaths reconciled by Kerala.

According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.86 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 1.02 percent.

It added that the number of people cured of the disease rose to 4,40,75,149, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

According to the ministry, 219.33 crore doses of coronavirus vaccine have been given so far in the country under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

India’s COVID-19 tally crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It crossed 60 lakhs on 28th September, 70 lakhs on 11th October. 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and crossed the one crore mark on December 19, 2020.

The country crossed the grim milestone of 20 million cases on May 4, 2021, 30 million cases on June 23 and 40 million on January 25 this year.

According to the data, the six new deaths reported in the last 24 hours include two from Karnataka and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal.











































serial number Name of State/Union Territory active case OK / Discharge / Migrate deaths
gross change from yesterday cumulative change from yesterday cumulative
death during the day
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 9 2 10589 129
2 Andra Pradesh 152 14 2323794 13 14733
3 Arunachal Pradesh 6 66564 296
4 Assam 2733 10 735144 4 8035
5 A state in Eastern India 178 1 1 838410 33 12302
6 Chandigarh 28 2 98060 3 1181
7 Chattisgarh 423 4 1162550 20 14139
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 1 11583 4
9 Delhi 478 13 1977918 102 26506
10 Goa* 145 2 254366 9 3967
1 1 Gujarat 718 15 1264323 75 11037
12 Haryana 249 7 1044628 36 10709
13 Himachal Pradesh 63 2 308109 4 4211 1
14 Jammu and Kashmir 40 474424 4 4785
15 Jharkhand 63 4 437078 5 5331
16 Karnataka 2982 48 4023537 58 40294 2
17 Kerala*** 4858 56 6740959 395 71310
18 Ladakh 8 1 29132 1 231
19 Lakshadweep 0 11363 52
20 Madhya Pradesh 112 1 1043678 19 10775
21 Maharashtra 2820 2 7976507 437 148372 1
22 Manipur 16 2 137677 2149
23 Meghalaya 29 1 95086 2 1,622
24 Mizoram 61 5 237896 1 1 723
25 Nagaland 5 1 35182 1 781
26 Orissa 659 76 1325594 9201 1
27 Puducherry 204 28 172889 2 1974
28 Punjab** 155 6 764270 18 17918
29 Rajasthan Rajasthan 369 16 1303783 23 9644
30 Sikkim 26 7 43726 9 498
31 Tamil Nadu 4115 47 3546850 326 38048
32 Telangana 573 4 834413 65 4111
33 Tripura 91 2 106877 1 939
34 Uttarakhand 58 441222 6 7751
35 Uttar Pradesh 398 3 2102903 36 23625
36 West Bengal 1417 21 2094065 123 21522 1
gross# 26834 209 44075149 1841 528905 6

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