India reports 19,740 new COVID-19 cases, 23,070 recoveries in last 24 hours

New Delhi: India logged 19,740 new COVID-19 cases and 23,070 recoveries in the last 24 hours, reports the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.

With this, the country’s active caseload now stands at 2,36,643, which is the lowest in 206 days.

The recovery rate is currently at 97.98 per cent, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.

COVID19 | India reports 19,740 new cases in the last 24 hours; Active caseload at 2,36,643; lowest in 206 days: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/4JIXlPCkKD

— ANI (@ANI) October 9, 2021

So far, 93.99 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.