New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 5,874 new coronavirus cases, while the active case count dropped to 49,015 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday.
The death toll from the pandemic has increased to 5,31,533 with 25 deaths, which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.31 percent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 4.25 percent.
The COVID-19 tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,45,389)
The active cases now comprise 0.11 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.71 percent, according to the health ministry website.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease went up to 4,43,64,841 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 percent.
According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
PTI
