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Covid-19 India Updates: Over 44,000 New Cases, 498 Deaths Reported

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>Members of the Central Industrial Security Force patrol Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)</p></div>
Members of the Central Industrial Security Force patrol Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

India's daily Covid-19 infection rate continued to rise with over 44,000 fresh cases being reported for the second day in a row.

As many as 44,658 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 27.

The country's active case load has inched up to 3.44 lakh as daily recoveries, at around 34,000, have remained lower than fresh cases. Active cases now constitute 1.06% of India’s total Covid tally.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,25,21,438

  • Total number of active cases: 3,44,899

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,18,21,428

  • Total deaths: 4,36,861

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 44,658

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 32,988

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 496

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 61,22,08,542

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 79,48,439