India Reports 12,428 Covid Cases In Last 24 Hrs As Maharashtra Registers Lowest Cases Since March 2020

<p><strong>Corona cases update:&nbsp;</strong> The country has registered a huge decline in Covid cases on Tuesday. India has reported 12,428 new cases, 356 deaths, and 15,951 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The country's active caseload stands at 1,63,816.</p> <p>The Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said that a total of 60,19,01,543 samples were tested up to October 25; of which 11,31,826 were tested on October 25.</p> <h3><strong>Maharashtra</strong></h3> <p>Maharashtra on Monday reported 889 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily infection since May 5, 2020, and 12 fresh fatalities, the least number of one-day death count in more than 18 months, while nearly 1,600 patients recovered from the infection, reported PTI.</p> <p>With the addition of new cases, the statewide Covid tally&nbsp; rose to 66,03,850, while the death toll increased to 1,40,028.<br /><br />As many as 15 districts out of the total 36 did not report any fresh cases.<br /><br />The state had logged 841 COVID-19 cases May 5, 2020, and nine fatalities on April 20, 2020.<br /><br />Generally, the state reports fewer cases on Monday, mainly due to a limited number of coronavirus tests as compared to other days. Less than 85,000 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.<br /><br />The official said with 1,586 patients discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the number of recovered cases surged to 64,37,025.<br /><br />The state now has 23,184 active cases.<strong><br /></strong></p> <h3><strong>Kerala</strong></h3> <p>Kerala recorded 6,664 fresh coronavirus cases, and 281 related deaths in the last 24 hours taking the caseload to 49,12,789 and toll to 28,873, reported PTI.<br /><br />Of the 281 deaths, 53 were reported in the last few days, 219 were those which were not confirmed until June 18 last year due to lack of adequate documentation and 9 were designated as COVID deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and Supreme Court directions, a state government release said.<br /><br />With 9,010 more people recovering from the virus since Sunday, the total recoveries touched 48,17,785 and the active cases dropped to 74,735, the release said.<br /><br />As many as 61,202 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.<br /><br /><br /></p>

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