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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Less Than 20,000 New Cases Reported, Over 1 Crore Shots Given

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>Members of the public are given free food packets in an observation area after receiving the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
Members of the public are given free food packets in an observation area after receiving the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

Active Covid-19 cases dropped to 2.92 lakh, as India reported less than 20,000 new cases for the first time in 201 days.

As many as 18,795 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Sept. 28. That compares with the 26,030 recoveries recorded in the same period.

Active cases currently account for 0.87% of the total tally, the lowest since March last year.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,36,97,581

  • Total number of active cases: 2,92,206

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,29,58,002

  • Total deaths: 4,47,373

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 18,795

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 26,030

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 179

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 87,07,08,636

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 1,02,22,525

India administered over 1 crore vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of shots given to over 87 crore.

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