Coronavirus wrap October 1 | Congress' Ahmed Patel tests positive for COVID-19; Delhi to maintain status quo till Oct 31

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India's COVID-19 caseload crossed 63-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 86,821 new cases and 1,181 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

The total tally stands at 63,12,585, including 9,40,705 active cases, 52,73,202 recoveries, and 98,678 deaths, as per the data updated on the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare website.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 7,56,19,781 COVID-19 samples have been tested so far, of which 14,23,052 were tested on September 30.

Maharashtra remains the most affected state due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Globally, there have been over 3.37 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 10 lakh people have died so far.

Here are all the latest updates:

>> Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

>> The Union Home Ministry released guidelines for Unlock 5.0 yesterday, further relaxing curbs on activities outside containment zones.

>> The Maharashtra government has allowed ‘Dabbawalas’, or tiffin carriers, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to travel by local trains in Unlock 5.0.

>> Delhi government decides to maintain status quo on prohibited and permitted activities till October 31.

>> For the tenth successive day, active cases of coronavirus infection in India were below 10 lakh while the country's steady trend of posting high levels of daily recoveries continued, the Union Health Ministry said today.

>> September accounted for 41.53 percent of the total COVID-19 cases in India.

>> India's manufacturing sector activity improved for the second straight month in September and touched an over eight-and-a-half-year high supported by accelerated increases in new orders and production, even as firms reduced staff numbers, a monthly survey said.

>> Cuba said it was lifting a curfew and partial lockdown in Havana, in place since September 1 to contain a second wave of the disease. Governor of Havana Reinaldo García Zapata said cases had dropped to an average of 21 per day over the last week for an infection rate of 0.87 in justifying the decision.