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Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on October 18Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 7,508,695; death toll stands at 114,346 as of October 18
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An employee sanitises a coach as the metro network prepares to resume services after more than a 6-month shutdown due to Covid-19. Credit: AFP Photo
An employee sanitises a coach as the metro network prepares to resume services after more than a 6-month shutdown due to Covid-19. 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):7,508,695 as of October 18

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 114,346

States Total cases Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4,083 56
Arunachal Pradesh 13,348 30
Assam 200,391 865
Bihar 203,457 990
Chandigarh 13,582 207
Chhattisgarh 147,866 1,439
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu 3,180 2
Goa 40,400 538
Gujarat 158,635 3,629
Haryana 149,081 1,640
Himachal Pradesh 18,522 265
Jharkhand 95,967 832
Karnataka 765,586 10,478
Kerala 334,228 1,139
Lakshadweep 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 160,188 2,773
Maharashtra 1,595,381 42,115
Manipur 15,141 111
Meghalaya 8,404 75
Mizoram 2,253 0
Nagaland 7,698 27
Delhi 331,017 6,009
Puducherry 32,978 574
Punjab 127,154 3,999
Rajasthan 171,281 1,735
Sikkim 3,567 59
Tamil Nadu 687,400 10,642
Telangana 222,111 1,271
Tripura 29,468 329
Uttar Pradesh 452,660 6,629
Uttarakhand 57,648 924
West Bengal 317,053 5,992
Odisha 266,345 1,121
Andhra Pradesh 779,146 6,406
Jammu and Kashmir 87,942 1,379
Ladakh 5,534 66


No. of people discharged: 65,97,209

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.