Spike of over 75,000 new Covid-19 cases, 940 deaths in 24 hours

India's Covid-19 tally crossed the 65 lakh-mark with a spike of 75,829 new cases & 940 deaths reported in last 24 hours. Total case tally stands at 65,49,374, including 9,37,625 active cases, 55,09,967 cured, discharged and migrated cases and 1,01,782 deaths.
The Union Health Ministry also said that India has scaled up its testing capacity from one crore in January to more than 7.7 crore in October, adding that India 'continues to occupy the top global position with the maximum number of recoveries'.
India accounts for 21% of the global recovered cases, on the other hand, its share in the total cases stands at 18.6%, the govt said.