Himachal Pradesh reported three more Covid-19 fatalities, taking the death toll in the state to 244, while 267 new cases pushed the infection count to 17,245
Pune district reported 1,795 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total case count to 305,144
Gujarat reported 1,221 new Covid cases, taking the state's coronavirus tally to 150,415, while 10 deaths in the past 24 hours mounted the state's Covid death toll to 3,560
Meghalaya's Covid-19 tally rose to 7,544 as 156 more people tested positive for the infection
The Covid-19 count in Thane district touched 190,482 on Saturday with the addition of 1,675 cases, while 42 deaths took the toll to 4,814
India now accounts for 10.84% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 9.93% of all deaths (one in every 10)
India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall caseload to 6,979,423, while 5,988,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81%
India's new daily closed cases stand at 79,329 - 964 deaths and 78365 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.22%
With 83011 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 85.25; the fatality rate has come down to 1.54%
India's doubling time for total cases stands at 64.7 days, and for deaths at 73.2 days. The only state that has seen its highest single-day jump in daily new cases today is West Bengal (3370)
Health Secy says a vaccine should be available in first quarter of next year if everything goes according to plan
The 'antisera' is yet to undergo human clinical trials to establish safety and efficacy
India's tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 6,623,815 on Monday to 6,685,082 - an increase of 0.9%, the lowest rate so far
India's doubling time for total cases stands at 61.3 days, and for deaths at 78.5 days
With 82260 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 84.13; the fatality rate has come down to 1.55%
With 75628 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 83.84; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.56%
Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases on October 2 are Maharashtra (16476), Karnataka (10070), Kerala (8135), Andhra Pradesh (6751), and Tamil Nadu (5688)
Covid caseload inched closer to 64 lakh-mark with 81,484 infections reported in a day, while the number of people who recuperated from the disease crossed 53 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.70%
The ICMR in collaboration with a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company has developed "highly purified antisera" prepared by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV2 in horses
With 85376 new daily recoveries on Thursday, India's recovery rate has improved to 83.53; the fatality rate has come down to 1.56%