According to the latest update, India witnessed a slight decrease in the daily COVID-19 cases as 9,111 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 44,827,226. The previous day, the country reported a total of 10,093 cases, and on Saturday, 10,753 cases were recorded.
According to the union health ministry data, the active cases stand at 60,313 – comprising 0.13 percent of the total infections.
The death toll increased to 5,31,141 with 27 deaths – six from Gujarat, four from Uttar Pradesh, three each from Delhi and Rajasthan, two from Maharashtra, one each from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, and three reconciled by Kerala.
The fatality rate in the country is at 1.18 percent.
A total of 6,313 people recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 4,42,35,772. The recovery rate is at 98.68 percent.
The daily positivity was recorded at 8.40 percent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 4.94 percent.
Nearly 1,08,436 tests for coronavirus were done in the last 24 hours, the health ministry website said. Meanwhile, a total of 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far in the country, the website added.
