40 deaths and 3,451 new COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours
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New Delhi: India on Sunday logged 3,451 new Covid 19 cases which is a decline from the previous day's 3,805, bringing the tally of the total cases to 4,31,02,194, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The nationwide death toll increased to 5,24,064, after 40 new Covid deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
The active caseload of the country has increased to 20,635 cases, accounting for 0.05 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
The recovery of 3,079 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,25,57,495. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.74 per cent.
Meanwhile, India's daily positivity rate stood at 0.96 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.83 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 3,60,613 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall to 84.06 crore.
As of Sunday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 190.20 crore, achieved via 2,36,46,697 sessions.
Over 3.04 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.
