Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on October 26

Total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 7,944,244; death toll stands at 1,19,450 as of October 26

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 78 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.

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): 7,944,244 as of October 26

States/UTs death toll (details are updated as we receive information): 1,19,450

States	Total cases	Deaths
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	4,245	58
Arunachal Pradesh	14,244	33
Assam	204,836	908
Bihar	212,705	1,058
Chandigarh	14,085	222
Chhattisgarh	175,959	1,818
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	3,228	3
Goa	42,532	582
Gujarat	168,081	3,693
Haryana	159,457	1,737
Himachal Pradesh	20,422	291
Jharkhand	99,686	866
Karnataka	805,947	10,947
Kerala	397,217	1,352
Lakshadweep	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	167,969	2,890
Maharashtra	1,648,665	43,348
Manipur	17,424	144
Meghalaya	9,066	81
Mizoram	2,493	0
Nagaland	8,663	38
Delhi	359,488	6,312
Puducherry	34,336	588
Punjab	131,391	4,125
Rajasthan	188,048	1,853
Sikkim	3,835	64
Tamil Nadu	711,713	10,956
Telangana	231,834	1,311
Tripura	30,257	343
Uttar Pradesh	472,075	6,902
Uttarakhand	60,744	1,001
West Bengal	353,822	6,546
Odisha	282,695	1,259
Andhra Pradesh	808,924	6,606
Jammu and Kashmir	92,225	1,444
Ladakh	5,933	71

No. of people discharged: 71,37,228

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.