Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Cases Remain Below 20,000 For Sixth Straight Day; 246 Deaths Reported

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

A health worker conducts health checks during a Covid-19 vaccination camp. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

India's active cases fell to 2.06 lakh, as the country's daily case count remained below the 20,000-mark for the sixth day in a row.

As many as 18,987 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Oct. 13.

That compares with 19,808 recoveries in the same period. Active cases currently account for only 0.61% of the total cases.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,40,02,630

  • Total number of active cases: 206586

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 33362709

  • Total deaths: 451435

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 18,987

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 19,808

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 246

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 96,82,20,997

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 35,66,347

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