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Covid-19 India Updates: Over 45,000 Cases Reported For The First Time In 49 Days

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

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A 'door-to-door' Covid-19 vaccination  at a village in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photographer: Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg)</p></div>
A 'door-to-door' Covid-19 vaccination at a village in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photographer: Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg)
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India's daily Covid-19 infection rate continued to rise with over 45,000 fresh cases for the first time in 49 days.

46,164 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. 26.

Daily recoveries, at around 34,000, remained lower than fresh cases, taking the active case load to 3.33 lakh. They constitute 1.03% of India’s total Covid tally.

Of the fresh cases reported, Kerala accounted for over 31,000, the reason for which was cited as an 'Onam spike' by the state government. Onam was celebrated on August 21.

Key Coronavirus Data

  • Total confirmed cases: 3,25,16,980

  • Total number of active cases: 3,33,725

  • Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,17,88,440

  • Total deaths: 4,36,365

  • Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 46,164

  • Number of recoveries in a day: 34,159

  • Deaths recorded in a day: 607

  • Total vaccine doses administered: 60,38,46,475

  • Doses administered in the last 24 hours: 80,40,407

The daily fatality rate also remained heightened, at above 600 for the second day in a row. The total death toll now stands at 4.36 lakh, the world's third worst.