According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, India recorded new 18,987 covid cases, along with 246 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. India a total of 19,808 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.06 per cent and total recoveries to 3,33,62,709.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India moderately declined to 2,06,586, the ministry data showed.  According to the ICMR, 58,76,64,525 samples have been tested up to October 13 for COVID-19. Of these 13,01,083 samples were tested on Wednesday. The overall death toll in the country is now stood at 4,51,435. In India, the first death due to COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020. In the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive, 96.82 crore vaccine doses have been administered to the eligible beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, the South, Kerala on Wednesday reported 11,079 fresh COVID cases and 123 deaths, taking the total caseload to 48,20,698 and fatalities to 26,571. The state has been showing a decline in the daily fresh cases after crossing the 30,000-mark post-Onam festival in August.

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