India’s fresh tally of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases dropped for a third consecutive day on Sunday after 2,34,281 fresh infections were reported, according to the morning update by the Union health ministry. With this, the overall caseload of the country reached 4,10,92,522.

Fresh fatalities as well as daily positivity rate, however, rose in the last 24 hours. As many as 893 patients succumbed to the virus, up from 871 on Saturday. Meanwhile, the case positivity rate shot up to 14.50 per cent from 13.39 per cent on the preceding day.

A total of 3,52,784 people recuperated from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, up from 3,35,939 on Saturday, taking the total number of patients who have recovered from the disease to 3,87,13,494.

The active case count of the country dipped below the two-lakh mark and currently stands at 18,84,937, the health ministry’s update showed. It accounted for 4.91 per cent of the cumulative tally.