India on Sunday reported 240,842 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours and deaths rose by 3,741. The daily rise in coronavirus cases in the country remained below the 3 lakh-mark for the seventh consecutive day, the Union health ministry said. With the fresh cases, India's tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to 2,65,30,132 and the death toll rose to 2,99,266, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases further reduced to 28,05,399 comprising 10.57 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 88.30 per cent.The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country surged to 2,34,25,467 while the case fatality rate stood at 1.13 per cent, the data stated.

India on Sunday reported 240,842 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours and deaths rose by 3,741. The daily rise in coronavirus cases in the country remained below the 3 lakh-mark for the seventh consecutive day, the Union health ministry said. With the fresh cases, India's tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to 2,65,30,132 and the death toll rose to 2,99,266, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases further reduced to 28,05,399 comprising 10.57 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 88.30 per cent.The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country surged to 2,34,25,467 while the case fatality rate stood at 1.13 per cent, the data stated.