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New Delhi : India recorded only 46,790 COVID-19 cases during last 24 hours taking the tally to 75,97,063 in the country at 8 am on October 20, 2020. On the other hand, a total of 69,720 COVID-19 patients were declared cured/discharged during last 24 hours taking the tally to 67,33,328 in the country exceeding the number of active cases (7,48,538) by a massive margin of 59,84,790. The number of active cases was 9.85% of the total COVID-19 cases (75,97,063) reported till date on October 20, 2020, from 10.23% on October 19, 2020. India had reported 55,722 new cases on October 19.
Of the 75,97,063 COVID-19 cases reported in the country till date, altogether 67,33,328 patients have been declared cured with the recovery rate being 88.63%. India has tested 9,61,16,771 samples so far including 10,32,795 samples on October 19.
The COVID-19 toll climbed to 1,15,197 in the country on October 20, 2020, with 587 new deaths being reported from different places across the country during last 24 hours including 125 from Maharashtra, 64 from Karnataka, 63 from West Bengal, 56 from Chhattisgarh, 49 from Tamilnadu, 31 from Delhi, 27 from Uttar Pradesh, 17 from Punjab, 17 from Odisha, 24 from Andhra Pradesh, 21 from Kerala,13 from Madhya Pradesh, 9 from J&K, 8 from Haryana, 8 from Gujarat, 7 from Bihar, and 3 from Jharkhand. The Case Fatality Rate was 1.52% in the country on October 20, 2020.
COVID-19 death toll break-up in India on October 20, 2020, is : Maharashtra (42,240), Tamilnadu (10,691), Karnataka (10,542), Delhi (6,040), Andhra Pradesh (6,453), Uttar Pradesh (6,685), West Bengal (6,119), Gujarat (3,643), Madhya Pradesh (2,786), Rajasthan (1,760), Punjab (4,029), Telengana (1,282), J&K (1,388), Haryana (1,648), Bihar (1,003), Odisha (1,152), Jharkhand (842), Assam (875), Uttarakhand (933), Kerala (1,182), Chhattisgarh (1,534), Puducherry (575), Goa (549), Tripura (331), Chandigarh (208), Andaman & Nicobar (56), Himachal Pradesh (272), Ladakh (66), Manipur (117), Nagaland (27), Meghalaya (75), Arunachal Pradesh (30), Sikkim (62), and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (2 ).