NEW DELHI: India has logged 2,34,281 new COVID-19 cases and 893 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
There was a slight dip in fresh cases and rise in the number of people who succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours as compared to yesterday. On Saturday, India had reported 2,35,532 new COVID-19 cases and 871 deaths.
As per the government’s data, the daily positivity rate rose to 14.50 per cent from 13.39 per cent on Saturday. However, the weekly positivity rate slightly dipped to 16.40 per cent from 16.89 per cent yesterday.
India presently has 18,84,937, which account for 4.59 per cent of the total cases. With 3,52,784 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries climbed to 3,87,13,494. Consequently, the recovery rate is at 94.21 per cent.
The death toll in India is 4,94,091. The case fatality rate is 1.20 per cent. In the last 24 hours, 16,15,993 tests were conducted for COVID-19.
