Covid-19: India sees 893 deaths, 2.3L cases

Delhi’s Sadar Bazar market after easing of curbs, on Saturday. Pic/ANI

With 2,34,281 people testing positive for the Coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases increased to over 4.10 crore, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

The death toll climbed to 4,94,091 with 893 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The active cases decreased by 1,19,396 to reach 18,84,937 - 4.59 per cent of the total infections - while the country's recovery rate stands at 93.89 per cent, the ministry said.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 14.50 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 16.40 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,87,13,494, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent, it said.

After the Sunday update, the total number of infections stands at 4,10,92,522, it said.

Meanwhile, the cumulative number of anti-Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 165.70 crore.

India surpassed the one-crore mark in the number of cases on December 19, 2020. It crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

4,10,92,522 Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far
4,94,091 Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far
18,84,937 Total no. of active cases in India

‘Tackling 3rd wave with great success'

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is fighting the new wave of COVID with "great success" and asserted that the people's trust on indigenous vaccines was "our strength". In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat' radio broadcast, Modi said, "Now the cases of Corona infection have also started decreasing, this is a very positive sign."
It is a matter of pride that till now about four-and-a-half crore children have been administered the first vaccine shot, he said.

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