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15,981 New Coronavirus Reported In India:- A total number of 15,981 new cases of coronavirus are reported in India in the last 24 hours taking the total tally of cases to 3,40,53,573. The number of active cases in India saw a huge decline in the cases as per the reports from the Union Health Ministry. With 17,861 new recoveries, the total number of recoveries in India climbed to 3,33,99,961. There are 2,01,632 active cases of coronavirus in the country for now. With 166 new deaths, the total number of deaths reported in India in total are 4,51,980. The total number of vaccines administered in India are said to be 97,23,77,045 and 8,36,118 doses of vaccines are administered in the last 24 hours in India.

Kerala continues to contribute a high number of cases and the state had 8867 new cases along with 67 deaths. As per the reports coming from the Union Health Ministry, more than 101 crore doses of coronavirus vaccines are distributed for the states and the union territories in the country as of now. The active cases comprised 0.60 percent of the total infections in the country and the recovery rate reached 98.07 percent. More than 11.12 crore dose vaccinations are still available with the states and union territories. As per the reports from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total samples tested on October 15th are 9,23,003 and the samples tested in total are said to be 58,98,35,258.