New Delhi, Oct 22 (TIWN) In the last 24 hours, India registered 15,786 fresh Covid-19 cases and 231 deaths, the Union Health Ministry announced on Friday.

Around 231 people lost their lives due to COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,53,042. The active caseload in the country stands at 1,75,745, the lowest in 232 days.  Out of the total fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours, Kerala contributed to 8,733 daily cases.   

As many as 18,641 new recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery count to 3,35,14,449. India's recovery rate is currently at 98.16 per cent which is the highest since March 2020. 

The daily spurt in new COVID-19 infections has been below 30,000 for 28 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 117 consecutive days now.  As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data, the number of samples tested up to October 21 is 59,70,66,481, out of which 13,24,263 samples were tested on Thursday.