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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Less Than 15,000 New Infections, But Active Cases Inch Higher

Track the Covid-19 pandemic in India and the vaccination efforts here.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A health worker prepares a dose of the Covid-19 Covaxin vaccine at a vaccination center set up at a Delhi government health dispensary in New Delhi. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A health worker prepares a dose of the Covid-19 Covaxin vaccine at a vaccination center set up at a Delhi government health dispensary in New Delhi. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

India's active case load rose marginally for a second day, even amid an accelerated push to inoculate the population.

As many as 14,313 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. 30. That compares with the 13,543 recoveries during the same period.

549 deaths were recorded in a single day, taking the country's total Covid-19 death toll to 4.57 lakh, one of the world's worst.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,42,60,470

  • Total number of active cases: 1,61,555

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,36,41,175

  • Total deaths: 4,57,740

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 14,313

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 13,543

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 549

  • Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 56,91,175

  • Total vaccines administered: 1,05,43,13,977