India logged 16,103 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,02,429, while the active cases increased to 1,11,711, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The death count climbed to 5,25,199 with 31 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.54 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 2,143 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 2,962 COVID-19 cases, including 761 in Mumbai, and one more patient of BA.4 sub-variant of Omicron besides six casualties, the health department said in a bulletin.
With the latest additions, Maharashtra's number of infections rose to 79,85,296 and the COVID-19 casualties to 1,47,940.
The state reported that 3,258 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours and that the active cases increased to 28,720, according to official data.
Delhi on Saturday recorded 678 fresh coronavirus cases while two more people died due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department. This is the third consecutive day when the daily case count is less than 1,000. Delhi's death count stands at 26,266. The number of active cases in Delhi stands at 3,410.
Mumbai on Saturday recorded 811 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths, the city's civic body said. The death count now stands at 19,614, it added. Mumbai is now left with 8,610 active cases.
