New Delhi: India recorded 30,948 new coronavirus infections, while active cases came down to 3,53,398, which comprises 1.09 per cent of the total infections, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Sunday.
The total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 3,24,24,234. The death toll has risen to 4,34,367 with 403 fresh deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The health ministry said the active cases have come down to 3,53,398, the lowest in 152 days, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 97.57 per cent, the highest since March 2020.
A decrease of 7,942 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the 24-hour period.
15,85,681 tests were conducted on Saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far to 50,62,56,239 for detection of COVID-19 in the country. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.95 per cent. It is less than three per cent for the last 27 days.
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at two per cent. According to the ministry, it has been below three per cent for the last 58 days.
The number of people recovering from the disease rose to 3,16,36,469, while the death rate stood at 1.34 per cent, the data said.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and crossed the one crore mark on 19 December. India crossed the two crore mark on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
