With 2,34,281 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases increased to over 4.10 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry's data on Sunday.
The death toll climbed to 4,94,091, with 893 deaths reported in the 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases decreased by 1,19,396 to reach 18,84,937 — 4.59 per cent of the total infections — while the country's recovery rate was at 93.89 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 14.50 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 16.40 per cent, according to the health ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,87,13,494, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent, it said.
After the Sunday update, the total number of infections stands at 4,10,92,522, it said.
Meanwhile, the cumulative number of anti-Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 165.70 crore. India surpassed the one-crore mark in the number of cases on December 19, 2020. It crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 of 2021.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday virtually interacted with the health ministers and other senior officials of five states, namely Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, urging them to monitor the case positivity rate on a daily basis and increase RT-PCR testing as most of the states exhibited lower number of tests.
The states were also advised to keep a close watch on the number of hospitalisations and deaths.
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