India on Sunday recorded 22,842 new COVID-19 cases and the active caseload stood at 2,70,557, lowest in 199 days, according to the latest update by the Union Health Ministry.
The total active cases account for less than one per cent of the total cases, currently at 0.80 per cent; lowest since March 2020.
The country’s total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is 3,38,13,903, while the death toll mounted to 4,48,817, with 244 more deaths reported.
The COVID-19 recovery rate currently is 97.87 per cent; highest since March 2020 as the country reported 25,930 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,30,94,529.
The Weekly Positivity Rate (1.66 per cent) is less than three per cent for the last 100 days, while the daily positivity rate of (1.80 per cent) is less than three per cent for the last 34 days.
Meanwhile, 57,32,60,724 total COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far and 90,51,75,348 crore vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
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