The death toll rose to 3,95,751 with 1,258 more deaths due to the viral disease in a day.
The total number of infections is now 3,02,33,183 while Number According to the Union Health Ministry data released on Sunday, the number of active cases has come down to 5,86,403.
The number of active cases has come down to 5,86,403 and now comprises 1.94 per cent of the total infections, data updated at 8 am.
For the 45th day in a row, the number of people recovering from the daily new cases of Kovid-19 has risen to 2,92,51,029. The case fatality rate was 1.31 percent.
While the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.75 per cent, the weekly case positivity rate has come down to 2.91 per cent.
According to the health ministry data, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.82 per cent. It is less than 5 per cent for 20 consecutive days.
According to vaccination data published at 7 am, India delivered 64.25 lakh vaccine doses in a day, taking the cumulative number of jobs given so far under the nationwide immunization campaign to 32.17 crore.
Also, 17,45,809 tests were conducted for the detection of COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 40,18,11,892.
The number of Kovid-19 in India crossed 20 lakh on 7 August last year, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It crossed 60 lakhs on 28th September, 70 lakhs on 11th October, 80 lakhs on 29th October, 90 lakhs on 20th November and one crore on 19th December.
The country crossed the grim milestone of totaling two crore COVID-19 cases on May 4 this year and three crore on June 23.
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