Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on October 6

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 67,51,189; death toll stands at 1,04,522 as of October 6

Health workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) collect swab samples from migrants who returned from their hometown at a railway station during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Mumbai. Credit: Reuters

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 66 lakh people since the first positive case was confirmed on January 30 in Kerala.

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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.

Track state-wise total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on October 7 here

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): 67,51,189 as of October 6

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,04,522

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	3,899	54
Arunachal Pradesh	10,783	19
Assam	1,88,902	778
Bihar	1,90,123	925
Chandigarh	12,707	180
Chhattisgarh	1,26,005	1,081
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	3,092	2
Goa	36,238	468
Gujarat	1,45,362	3,522
Haryana	1,36,115	1,509
Himachal Pradesh	16,283	224
Jharkhand	88,873	757
Karnataka	6,57,705	9,461
Kerala	2,42,799	884
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	1,38,668	2,488
Maharashtra	14,65,911	38,717
Manipur	12,240	78
Meghalaya	7,037	59
Mizoram	2,129	0
Nagaland	6,662	22
Delhi	2,95,236	5,581
Puducherry	29,682	546
Punjab	120,016	3,679
Rajasthan	1,48,316	1,574
Sikkim	3,191	46
Tamil Nadu	6,30,408	9,917
Telangana	2,02,594	1,181
Tripura	27,308	301
Uttar Pradesh	4,21,100	6,153
Uttarakhand	52,329	677
West Bengal	2,77,049	5,318
Odisha	2,38,003	940
Andhra Pradesh	7,29,307	6,052
Jammu and Kashmir	80,476	1,268
Ladakh	4,641	61

No. of people discharged: 56,62,490

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.

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