Delhi: According to the Union Health Ministry Bulletin,  50,465 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The total caseload now stood at 8,363,412. The nation’s loss of life has mounted to 124,315 with the virus claiming 704 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.49 per cent. There are 5,27,962 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 6.31 per cent of the total caseload while 77,11,809 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 92.20 per cent.

Delhi recorded its most elevated single-day spike of 6,842 new Covid cases and its absolute tally of cases hit 4,09,000. Kerala’s count currently remains at 4,48,000 with 8,516 new cases being distinguished. 

COVID-19 tally of five worst-affected states

> Maharashtra – 16,98,198 cases 
> Karnataka – 8,35,773 cases
> Andhra Pradesh – 8,33,208 cases
> Tamil Nadu – 7,34,429 cases
> Uttar Pradesh – 4,89,502 cases

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 11,42,08,384 samples have been tested up to November 4, with 12,09,425 samples being tested on Wednesday.

The worldwide count of Covid cases remains at 48,387,339. While 34,633,159 have recouped, 1,229,542 have died up until now.The US, the most awful hit nation, has 9,794,741 cases, and 239,780 have passed on from the infection there. It is trailed by India, which has 8,363,412 cases, Brazil (5,590,941) and Russia (1,693,454).

More than 99,000 coronavirus cases were recorded in the United States in the past 24 hours, a new daily record, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.