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Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on October 16Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 7,415,629; death toll stands at 1,12,910 as of October 16
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People invited as 'Covid-19 warriors' and their families to a special screening watch Bollywood movie 'Tanhaji' in a cinema in New Delhi on October 15, 2020, with some states still keeping theatres closed amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Credit: AFP Photo
People invited as 'Covid-19 warriors' and their families to a special screening watch Bollywood movie 'Tanhaji' in a cinema in New Delhi on October 15, 2020, with some states still keeping theatres closed amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Credit: AFP Photo

The spread of the novel coronavirus in India has quickened in the last few days with new cases of Covid-19 and deaths reported every day. The epidemic has expanded its footprint in the country and has affected over 74 lakh people since the first positive case was confirmed on January 30 in Kerala.

More than three billion people around the world have lived under lockdown as governments stepped up efforts to contain the pandemic, which has left over a million people dead globally.

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On September 6, India topped Brazil's coronavirus tally and now has the world's second-highest number of Covid-19 cases.

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Here’s the tally of Covid-19 positive cases in India and the state-wise impact:

Coronavirus in India: Total number of positive cases (including deaths):7,415,629 as of October 16

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,12,910

States Total cases Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4,072 56
Arunachal Pradesh 12,971 30
Assam 199,749 853
Bihar 201,196 972
Chandigarh 13,532 206
Chhattisgarh 147,866 1,385
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu 3,172 2
Goa 40,091 531
Gujarat 157,474 3,620
Haryana 146,706 1,623
Himachal Pradesh 18,303 260
Jharkhand 95,425 824
Karnataka 751,390 10,356
Kerala 323,212 1,113
Lakshadweep 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 157,936 2,735
Maharashtra 1,576,062 41,502
Manipur 14,715 109
Meghalaya 8,164 73
Mizoram 2,229 0
Nagaland 7,492 23
Delhi 324,459 5,946
Puducherry 32,486 570
Punjab 126,737 3,980
Rajasthan 169,289 1,723
Sikkim 3,500 59
Tamil Nadu 679,191 10,529
Telangana 219,224 1,256
Tripura 29,193 323
Uttar Pradesh 449,935 6,589
Uttarakhand 57,042 829
West Bengal 313,188 5,931
Odisha 262,011 1,089
Andhra Pradesh 775,470 6,382
Jammu and Kashmir 86,754 1,366
Ladakh 5,393 65


No. of people discharged: 64,53,779

Note: The tallies above include foreigners who have been infected with Covid-19.

While the Centre and state governments have been trying hard to check the Covid-19 spread by tracking, isolating and treating infected people, the daily rise in India cases is worrisome.