With the number of active cases declining, the national COVID-19 recovery rate has gone up to 97.39 per cent, which was seen at present with an active caseload of 4,02,188 cases. The numbers comprise 1.27 per cent of the total infections, said the data updated by the ministry at 8 am.
It has been shown that the active COVID-19 caseload has decreased by 4,634 cases in a 24-hour period.
The number of people recovering from the disease rose to 3,11,39,457, while the death rate stood at 1.34 per cent, the data said.
On Sunday, 13,71,871 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the country, taking the total number of such tests so far to 48,17,67,232.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.59 per cent. This is less than three per cent for the last 14 days, the ministry said, adding that the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.35 per cent.
A total of 50.86 crore Kovid-19 vaccine doses have been given till Monday morning under the nationwide vaccination campaign.
The number of Kovid-19 infections in India crossed 20 lakh on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September, 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October last year. . Lakhs on 29th October, 90 lakhs on 20th November and 1 crore on 19th December.
The country crossed the critical cases of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23.
The 447 new people include 151 from Maharashtra and 93 from Kerala.
A total of 4,28,309 deaths have been reported in the country so far, including 1,33,996 from Maharashtra, 36,793 from Karnataka, 34,317 from Tamil Nadu, 25,066 from Delhi, 22,773 from Uttar Pradesh, 18,229 from West Bengal and 17,747 from Kerala.
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