Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Active Caseload Falls On Higher Recoveries

India's Covid-19 active caseload falls.

BQ Desk @bqprime

31 Oct 2021, 10:19 AM IST

<div class="paragraphs"><p>An employee removes vials of Covishield, the local name for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. and the University of Oxford, from a machine on the production line at the Serum Institute of India Ltd. Hadaspar plant in Pune. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)</p></div>

An employee removes vials of Covishield, the local name for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. and the University of Oxford, from a machine on the production line at the Serum Institute of India Ltd. Hadaspar plant in Pune. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

India's active case load fell as the nation reported fewer fresh cases in the last 24 hours.

As many as 12,830 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Oct. 31. That compares with 14,667 recoveries during the period.

Active caseload fell to 1,59,272 from 1,61,555 the previous day.

446 deaths were recorded in a single day, adding to the country's total Covid-19 death toll of more than 4.58 lakh, one of the world's worst.

Key Coronavirus Data

Total confirmed cases: 3,42,73,300
Total number of active cases: 1,59,272
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,36,55,842
Total deaths: 4,58,186
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 12,830
Number of recoveries in a day: 14,667
Deaths recorded in a day: 446
Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 68,04,806
Total vaccines administered: 1,06,14,40,335

Source: Health Ministry (as on 8 a.m. on Oct. 31)