Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Active Caseload Falls Below 3 Lakh For First Time In Six Months

Follow the latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic in India here.

Vials of the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine at a vaccination camp. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

India's active Covid-19 case load dropped below 3 lakh for the first time in over six months, as fresh cases declined for the fourth day in a row.

As many as 26,041 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Sept. 27. That compares with the 29,621 recoveries recorded in the same period.

Active cases currently account for 0.89% of the total tally.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,36,78,786

  • Total number of active cases: 2,99,620

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,29,31,972

  • Total deaths: 4,47,194

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 26,041

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 29,621

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 276

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 86,01,59,011

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 38,18,362

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