Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Fresh Cases Remain Below 15,000, Daily Death Toll Nears 600

India's active case load continued to decline as fresh Covid-19 cases in the country stayed below 15,000 for the third day in a row.

As many as 13,451 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. 27. That compares with 14,021 recoveries during the same period.

At 1.62 lakh, active cases are at their lowest since Feb. 27 and accounts for only 0.48% of the country's total tally.

Key Coronavirus Data

• Total confirmed cases: 3,42,15,653

• Total number of active cases: 1,62,661

• Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,35,97,339

• Total deaths: 4,55,653

• Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 13,451

• Number of recoveries in a day: 14,021

• Deaths recorded in a day: 585

• Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 55,89,124

• Total vaccines administered: 1,03,53,25,577

The country's daily fatality rate, however, stayed high, with 585 deaths being reported in the last 24-hour period. This takes India's coronavirus death toll to 4.55 lakh, one of the world's worst.