India reports 55,342 new COVID-19 cases; infections rise to 7.18 million
Coronavirus in India
India has reported a spike of55,342 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the infection tally to71,75,881.
According to the data by the Ministry on Health and Family Welfare, deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by 706 to 109,856.
There are 8,38,729active cases in the country and 6,227,295cured/discharged/migrated cases.
With 2,12,905 active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by COVID-19 in the country.
Meanwhile, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 8,89,45,107 samples have been tested in the country for COVID-19 till Monday.
The MoHFW said that the trend of declining average daily cases is being witnessed over the past five weeks."After a month, on October 9, active cases fell below the 9 lakhs mark and have steadily followed a downward slope since," the MoHFW said.
Globally, at least 37,575,650 cases and1,077,849 deaths have been officially registered.