Covid-19 death toll climbs to 4.89 lakh, 3.33 lakh new coronavirus infections

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India logged 3,33,533 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,92,37,264, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

The third wave of the pandemic has likely peaked in 4 of the 8 biggest cities in India with Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai seeing a decline of seven-day average of cases.

The active cases have increased to 21,87,205, while the death toll has climbed to 4,89,409 with 525 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 5.57 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.18 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 73,840 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 161.92 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 September 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.

(With PTI inputs)