The total number of cases includes 7,65,302 active cases, 27,13,934 cured/discharged/migrated and 63,498 fatalities. It surpassed a July 16 figure of 77,299 cases in the United States, a Reuters tally of official data showed. Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 1,85,467 active cases followed by Andhra Pradesh which has 97,681 active cases. Delhi reported total 14,040 active cases while Karnataka has reported 86,465 active COVID-19 cases, according to the Ministry. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of samples tested up to Saturday is 4,14,61,636 including 10,55,027 samples tested yesterday.

Source: dna August 30, 2020 05:13 UTC