According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, India recorded 14,313 new cases of the Covid-19, along with 549 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. India saw a total of 13,543 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.19 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached to 3,36,41,175. The total active cases of coronavirus in India slightly declined to 1,61,555, the ministry data showed. 

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 60,76,62,619 samples have been tested up to October 29 for COVID-19. Of these 11,76,850 samples were tested on Friday. The total death toll in the country is now stood at 4,57,740. In India, the first death due to COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

Meanwhile, Kerala reported 7,772 new cases of COVID-19 infections on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 49,44,857, and the death toll to 31,156, with 471 more deaths. According to a state government release, 86 deaths were reported in the last few days, 276 deaths were not confirmed until June 18 last year due to a lack of adequate documentation, and 109 deaths were designated as COVID deaths after receiving appeals based on new guidelines from the Centre and Supreme Court directions.

Since Thursday, 6,648 more people have recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 48,43,5768, leaving 78,722 active cases, according to the release. In the last 24 hours, 71,681 samples have been tested. In addition, the union health ministry reported that 66,55,033 vaccine doses were administered on Thursday until 7 p.m.

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