India, Oct. 20 -- With 46,790 fresh cases of the coronavirus and 587 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's tally stands at 75,97,063, while the death toll rose to 1,15,197, according to Health Ministry data.

Of the total cases, 67,33,328 have been cured/discharged/migrated. There are 7,48,538 active cases of COVID-19 in India.

The recovery rate among coronavirus patients stands at 88.63%.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said over 9.61 crore samples have been tested up to October 19 of which 10,32,795 samples were tested yesterday.

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