Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Fresh Cases Remain Below 15,000, Daily Death Toll Nears 600
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India's active case load continued to decline as fresh Covid-19 cases in the country stayed below 15,000 for the third day in a row.
As many as 13,451 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. 27. That compares with 14,021 recoveries during the same period.
At 1.62 lakh, active cases are at their lowest since Feb. 27 and accounts for only 0.48% of the country's total tally.
Key Coronavirus Data
Total confirmed cases: 3,42,15,653
Total number of active cases: 1,62,661
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,35,97,339
Total deaths: 4,55,653
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 13,451
Number of recoveries in a day: 14,021
Deaths recorded in a day: 585
Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 55,89,124
Total vaccines administered: 1,03,53,25,577
The country's daily fatality rate, however, stayed high, with 585 deaths being reported in the last 24-hour period. This takes India's coronavirus death toll to 4.55 lakh, one of the world's worst.