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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Active Case Load At Lowest In 200 Days

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A worker chalks a social distancing marker. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A worker chalks a social distancing marker. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

Active Covid-19 cases in India dropped further to 2.64 lakh, the lowest in 200 days, even as the threat of an imminent third wave looms over the country.

As many as 20,799 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. 4. That compares with 26,718 recoveries recorded in the same period.

Active cases currently account for 0.78% of the total tally, the lowest since March last year.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,38,34,702

  • Total number of active cases: 2,64,458

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,31,21,247

  • Total deaths: 4,48,997

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 20,799

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 26,718

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 180

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 90,79,32,861

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 23,46,176

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