With over 80,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 count on Wednesday (September 30) crossed the 62 lakh-mark, while the death toll has topped the 97,000-mark as well.
At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 62,25,764 cases, which include 9,40,441 active cases; 51,87,826 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 97,497 deaths.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as many as 80,472 new COVID-19 cases and 1179 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, marking a significant spike.
Total coronavirus cases in the worst-hit state of Maharashtra have crossed the 13.66-lakh mark.
Maharashtra is followed by Andhra Pradesh with 6,871,351 cases. The state crossed Karnataka to take up second place in the list due to a recent massive surge in the number of cases.
Karnataka is third…