India's coronavirus tally on Monday crossed the 71-lakh mark with 66,732 new cases and 816 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.

India's Covid-19 recoveries crossed the 60-lakh mark, while less than 1000 coronavirus deaths have been recorded daily for eight consecutive days, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. 

Active cases of coronavirus are less than nine lakh for the third day in a row. With increasing recoveries, India has sustained its leading global position with the maximum recovered cases. 

The five top states with the maximum caseload (61 per cent of the active cases) are also contributing more than half (54.3 per cent) of the total recoveries, the ministry said.

66,732 new confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours. 81% of these are from 10 states & UTs. Maharashtra is still reporting a very high number of new cases with more than 10,000 cases followed by Karnataka & Kerala with more than 9,000 cases each: Ministry of Health

Source: India Today 

BDST: 1425 HRS, OCT 12, 2020
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