According to the data updated at 8 am, the death toll has risen to 4,34,367, and the new death toll is 403
New Delhi: According to data updated by the Federal Ministry of Health of India on Sunday, India recorded 30,948 new coronavirus infections, while the number of active cases dropped to 3,53,398, accounting for 1.09% of the total number of infections.
The total number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,24,24,234. According to the data updated at 8 am, the death toll has risen to 4,34,367, and the new death toll is 403.
According to the Ministry of Health, the number of active cases has dropped to 3,53,398, the lowest level in 152 days, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.57%, the highest level since March 2020.
In 24 hours, the number of active COVID-19 cases decreased by 7,942 cases.
As many as 15,85,681 tests were conducted on Saturday, bringing the country’s cumulative total of tests to detect COVID-19 so far to 50,62,56,239. The daily positive rate was 1.95%. In the past 27 days, this proportion was less than 3%.
The weekly positive rate is recorded at 2%. According to the ministry, this percentage has been below 3% in the past 58 days.
Data show that the number of people recovering from the disease has surged to 3,16,36,469, and the case fatality rate is 1.34%.
The total number of COVID-19 in India exceeded the 2 million mark on August 7, 2020, exceeded the 3 million mark on August 23, exceeded 4 million on September 5, and exceeded 5 million on September 16. It exceeded 6 million on September 28, over 7 million on October 11, over 8 million on October 29, over 9 million on November 20, and over 10 million on December 19. India surpassed the severe milestones of 20 million and 30 million on May 4 and June 23, respectively.