India adds 44,879 new COVID-19 cases, total tally mounts to 87.28 lakh

The COVID-19 recovery in India stands at 81,15,580 while the death toll is at 1,28,668, as per Ministry of Health data.

New Delhi: Coronavirus cases in India surged to 87.28 lakh on Friday with a single-day increase of 44,879 cases. As per the Ministry of Health data, the coronavirus tally in India stands at 87,28,795 which includes 81,15,580 recovered cases. The national recovery rate stands at 92.97 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry's data.

The death toll reached 1,28,668 after 547 more fatalities were reported in the country in a span of 24 hours. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.47 per cent. 

The 547 new fatalities include 122 from Maharashtra, 104 from Delhi, 54 from West Bengal, 25 each from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, 23 from Punjab, 21 each from Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, 20 from Chhattisgarh and 19 from Haryana. .

There are 4,84,547 active cases in the country which comprise 5.55 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

Here's the state-wise tally fo COVID-19 cases in India:

. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	164	3	4282	15	61	1
2	Andhra Pradesh	20857	58	822011	1777	6837	9
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1440	45	14214	88	47	1
4	Assam	4799	572	204079	771	957	3
5	Bihar	5763	52	217594	654	1167	5
6	Chandigarh	1002	44	14297	64	244	1
7	Chhattisgarh	20061	165	185152	1962	2527	20
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	21	3	3255		2
9	Delhi	43116	487	416580	6462	7332	104
10	Goa	1728	85	43221	192	656
11	Gujarat	12321	98	168858	1175	3785	9
12	Haryana	18867	754	172265	2015	1979	19
13	Himachal Pradesh	6165	560	21607	199	411	6
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5578	98	93824	511	1566	8
15	Jharkhand	3668	341	100908	606	917	4
16	Karnataka	29489	1273	814949	3368	11474	21
17	Kerala	77931	607	428529	6119	1796	25
18	Ladakh	971	41	6151	33	89	3
19	Madhya Pradesh	8672	344	169260	692	3065	10
20	Maharashtra	85583	3435	1605064	7809	45682	122
21	Manipur	3115	65	17889	191	207	5
22	Meghalaya	1045	83	9368	56	98	4
23	Mizoram	568	16	2739	51	2
24	Nagaland	789	52	8776	89	50
25	Odisha	10762	292	293741	1264	1483	14
26	Puducherry	1071	6	34501	69	607	2
27	Punjab	5439	193	130018	469	4412	23
28	Rajasthan	17352	359	199943	1804	2032	13
29	Sikkim	264	27	4019	48	85	3
30	Tamil Nadu	18395	260	722686	2347	11440	25
31	Telengana	17094	229	237172	1222	1397	4
32	Tripura	1167	31	30314	106	360	1
33	Uttarakhand	4156	95	61990	539	1093	7
34	Uttar Pradesh	22949	387	475175	1859	7302	21
35	West Bengal	32185	651	381149	4453	7506	54
Total#		484547	4747	8115580	49079	128668	547

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 12,31,01,739 samples have been tested so far with 11,39,230 samples being tested on Thursday.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.