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Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on October 28Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 80,36,123; death toll stands at 1,20,463 as of October 28
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An officer from the district magistrate office holds a Covid-19 coronavirus-themed mascot in a market area during an awareness campaign against coronavirus and rising air pollution levels in New Delhi on October 26, 2020. Credit: AFP Photo
An officer from the district magistrate office holds a Covid-19 coronavirus-themed mascot in a market area during an awareness campaign against coronavirus and rising air pollution levels in New Delhi on October 26, 2020. 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 79 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): 80,36,123 as of October 28

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,20,463

States Total cases Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4274 58
Arunachal Pradesh 14472 36
Assam 204789 914
Bihar 214163 1069
Chandigarh 14212 224
Chhattisgarh 179654 1881
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu 3231 3
Goa 42968 592
Gujarat 170053 3704
Haryana 162223 1758
Himachal Pradesh 20898 298
Jharkhand 100224 876
Karnataka 812784 11046
Kerala 411464 1403
Lakshadweep 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 169271 2913
Maharashtra 1660766 43554
Manipur 17809 156
Meghalaya 9226 85
Mizoram 2607 0
Nagaland 8824 38
Delhi 370014 6396
Puducherry 34583 590
Punjab 132263 4158
Rajasthan 191629 1877
Sikkim 3875 67
Tamil Nadu 716751 11018
Telangana 234152 1319
Tripura 30453 344
Uttar Pradesh 476034 6958
Uttarakhand 61261 1009
West Bengal 361703 6664
Odisha 285482 1284
Andhra Pradesh 814774 6643
Jammu and Kashmir 93213 1455
Ladakh 6024 73


No. of people discharged: 72,59,509

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.