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Coronavirus India Latest Updates: Over 650 Deaths Reported In Last 24 Hours

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A member of the public takes an RT-PCR test before a dose of the Covid-19 Covaxin vaccine at a vaccination center set up at a Delhi government health dispensary in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A member of the public takes an RT-PCR test before a dose of the Covid-19 Covaxin vaccine at a vaccination center set up at a Delhi government health dispensary in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

India reported 666 Covid fatalities in a day as Kerala revised its death toll and added 464 previously undocumented deaths.

As many as 16,326 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. 23. That compares with 17,677 recoveries during the period.

Active cases dropped further to 1.73 lakh, which is the lowest in 233 days, and is 0.51% 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: 3,41,59,562

  • Total number of active cases: 1,73,728

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,35,32,126

  • Total deaths: 4,53,708

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 16,326

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 17,677

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 666

  • Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 68,48,417

  • Total vaccines administered: 101,30,28,411