Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Recoveries Exceed New Cases For Sixth Straight Day

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

India's active Covid-19 case load stayed at the 3 lakh-mark even as daily recoveries exceeded fresh cases for the sixth day in a row.

As many as 31,382 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. 24. That compares with the 32,542 recoveries recorded in the same period.

Active cases, currently just above 3 lakh, constitute 0.89% of the total tally, the lowest since March last year.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,35,62,880

  • Total number of active cases: 3,00,162

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,28,48,273

  • Total deaths: 4,46,368

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 31,382

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 32,542

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 318

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 84,15,18,026

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 72,20,642

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