Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Over 19,000 Cases, 248 Deaths Reported In Last 24 Hours

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

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

Active Covid-19 cases in India continued to decline, even as the country's healthcare infrastructure braces for a third wave, projected to peak in October.

As many as 19,740 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. 9. That compares with 23,070 recoveries in the same period. Fresh cases continued to be exceeded by daily recoveries for the thirteenth day.

A total of over 4.5 lakh people have succumbed to the deadly pathogen, with 248 fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,39,35,309

  • Total number of active cases: 2,36,643

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,32,48,291

  • Total deaths: 4,50,375

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 19,740

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 23,070

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 248

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 93,99,15,323

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 79,12,202

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