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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Fresh Infections Stay Below 30,000, Active Cases Decline

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>Empty vials of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
Empty vials of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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India's daily Covid-19 infection rate remained below 30,000 for the second day in a row, even as the nation's healthcare infrastructure preps for an imminent third wave.

As many as 27,254 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 9 a.m. on Sept. 13.

Daily recoveries, at around 37,700, overtook fresh cases by a large margin, causing a decline in the active case load to 3.74 lakh.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,32,64,175

  • Total number of active cases: 3,74,269

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,24,47,032

  • Total deaths: 4,42,874

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 27,254

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 37,687

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 219

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 74,38,37,643

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 53,38,945

As many as 219 deaths were also recorded due to the deadly pathogen in the last 24 hours, taking India's death toll to 4.42 lakh.

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