55,839 fresh Covid cases; tally at 77.06 lakh

October 22, 2020 09:49

India's coronavirus count has touched 77.06 with a jump of 55,839 cases in the last 24 hours, government data shows.

702 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to 1,16,616.

68,74,518 people in the country have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic.

The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of about 90,000 cases a day in September.

India, which reported its first case on January 30, is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States.

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