India added 15,906 new COVID - 19 cases, taking the total tally to 3,41, 75,468, while the active cases declined to 1,72, 594, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The death toll climbed to 4,54, 269 with 561 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 30 consecutive days and less than 50,000 new cases have been reported for 119 new days now.
The total cases comprise 0.51 per cent of active infections, the highest since March 2020, while the national COVID - 19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.17 per cent, the lowest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decrease of 1,134 cases has been recorded in the total active number of COVID - 19 cases in a span of 24 hours.
Also, 13,40, 158 tests were conducted on Saturday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID - 19 in the country to 59,97, 71,320.
The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent and the daily positivity rate was also recorded at 1.23 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who recovered from the disease increased to 3,35, 48,605, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID - 19 vaccination drive has exceeded 102.10 crore.
India's COVID - 19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on October 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
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