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Covid-19 India Updates: Nearly 17,000 New Cases, 400 Deaths Reported

Follow latest updates from the coronavirus pandemic in India.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A nurse shows a vial of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A nurse shows a vial of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,40,37,592

  • Total number of active cases: 2,03,678

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,33,82,100

  • Total deaths: 4,51,814

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 16,862

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 19,391

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 379

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 97,14,38,553

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 30,26,483

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India's active caseload fell to 2.03 lakh, as the country's daily case count remained below the 20,000-mark for the seventh day in a row.

As many as 16,862 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. 15.

That compares with 19,391 recoveries in the same period.