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Covid-19 update: India reports 48,648 cases, 563 new deaths

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Shivani Negi
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India reported fresh new 48,648 fresh cases in last 24-hour, taking total toll to 80,88,851. With new 563 new deaths, the total toll mounted to 1,21,090.

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Total active cases are 5,94,386 after a decrease of 9301 in last 24 hours. Total cured cases are 73,73,375 with 57,386 new discharges in last 24 hours, health ministry said.

The active cases have reached below 6 lakh mark and are at 5,94,386 as of today, which comprises 7.35 percent of the total caseload. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases in last 24-hour.

Total 10,77,28,088 samples tested up to 29th October. Of these 11,64,648 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research

The very high testing has resulted in the continuously falling positivity rate of 7.54% presently, says health ministry.

Here're more updates related to covid-19:

*US reaches record 91,295 coronavirus cases in 24 hours: AFP

*Mexico's health ministry reported on Thursday 5,948 additional covid-19 cases and 464 more deaths in the country. The total case now stand at 912,811 and the death toll to 90,773.

*Mainland China reported 25 new Covid-19 cases on October 29, the country's national health authority said.

*Delhi's COVID-19 tally increased to 3.75 lakh on October 29 with the national capital reporting a record 5,739 new cases in 24 hours. The death toll in the city now stand at 6,423.

*Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, on Thursday, said that first doses of a safe vaccine will likely become available to Americans in late December or early January.

*India has exponentially scaled up its TESTING capacity from one in January to more than 10.65 cr at present: Ministry of Health said.

*Apple has temporarily closed 17 out of 20 French stores amid fresh lockdown measures.

Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 45 million mark, while the deaths have surged to 1,179,270, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Friday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 44,908,477 and 1,179,278, respectively, it said.

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