NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,273,300 today, as 12,830 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed.
Besides, 446 deaths due to the pandemic, since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 458,186.
Most deaths, 358, were reported from the southern state of Kerala. “More than 70 percent of cases (deaths) are due to comorbidities,” said the federal health ministry.
There are still 159,272 active COVID-19 cases in the country, the lowest in 247 days, with a fall of 2,283 during the past 24 hours.
A total of 33,655,842 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 14,667 were discharged during the past 24 hours.