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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Active Case Load Inches Lower Toward 2 Lakh

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A  worker checks a blood sample as part of a national serological survey. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A worker checks a blood sample as part of a national serological survey. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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India's active cases continued on their downward trajectory as the country's daily case count remained below the 20,000-mark for the eighth straight day.

As many as 15,891 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. 16. That compares with 17,861 recoveries in the same period.

The active case load is now nearing the 2-lakh mark, which is the least since March 13 this year.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,40,53,573

  • Total number of active cases: 2,01,632

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,33,99,961

  • Total deaths: 4,51,980

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 15,981

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 17,861

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 166

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 97,23,77,045

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 8,36,118