India today reported 15,981 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours 5.7% lower than yesterday. 

Besides, 166 deaths were also recorded in the country due to coronavirus, which took the total death count to 4,51,980.

The number of active Covid cases has declined to 2,01,632, the lowest in 218 days. 

The national recovery rate was at 98.07 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. Active cases account for 0.59 per cent of the total cases, the lowest since March last year.

In a day, the active COVID-19 caseload declined by 2,046. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,33,99,961, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

As many as 9,23,003 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the cumulative tests conducted so far for the detection of COVID-19 in the country to 58,98,35,258.

Over 97.23 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the country till now under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Source: NDTV

BDST: 1314 HRS, OCT 16, 2021
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