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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Lowest Number Of New Cases Reported In 214 Days

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a Covid-19 testing site set up at health dispensary in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a Covid-19 testing site set up at health dispensary in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

India reported the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in 214 days, in a relief to the country's healthcare system bracing for a third wave.

18,166 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. 10, the lowest since March 10.

Active cases dropped further to 2.30 lakh, which is the lowest in 208 days and is 0.68% of the country's total positive cases, the ministry said. The weekly positivity rate has also remained below 3% for the last 107 days.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,39,53,475

  • Total number of active cases: 2,30,971

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,32,71,915

  • Total deaths: 4,50,589

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 18,166

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 23,624

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 214

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 94,70,10,175

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 66,85,145

A total of over 4.50 lakh people have succumbed to the deadly pathogen, with 214 fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours.