India recorded a single-day rise of 39,070 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,19,34,455, while the death count climbed to 4,27,862 with 491 fresh fatalities, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.
The active cases in the country have declined to 4,06,822 and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections, while the COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.39 per cent, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.
The ministry also said that 17,22,221 tests were conducted during the same period, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 to 48,00,39,185.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.27 per cent. It has been less than 3 per cent for the last 13 days.
Weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.38 per cent, according to the health ministry.
