Coronavirus Cases India: The recovery rate has increased to 97.2%. (Representational)
India reported 41,506 new cases of coronavirus and 895 related deaths on Sunday, according to the health ministry. The current active caseload is 4,54,118. Total recoveries stand at 2,99,75,064 across India with 41,526 patients having recovered during the last 24 hours.
The recovery rate has increased to 97.2%.
About 37.60 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive, the government said. In the last 24 hours, 37,23,367 doses were administered.
On Saturday, India had logged 42,766 new infections and 1,206 fatalities.
Here are the LIVE Updates on coronavirus cases:
"Number Of Ministers Increased, Not Of Vaccines": Rahul Gandhi's Jibe At Centre
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at the central government, saying the number of ministers has increased but not the Covid vaccines. He also shared a chart of the average vaccinations per day, which are falling short of the target to vaccinate all adults by December 2021.
Coronavirus: Tripura Says Found Delta Plus Cases In State, Centre Says Not True
A day after the Tripura government said 90 per cent of samples sent for genome sequencing tested positive for Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus, the centre today said there is no case of this highly infectious variant in Tripura. Doctors in the state quoting reports of a West Bengal-based national institute on Friday 138 cases of Delta Plus variant were found in Tripura.
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Assam logs 1,579 new COVID-19 cases, 16 more fatalities
Assam on Sunday reported 16 more COVID-19 deaths, which took the number to 4,828, pushing the total number of infections to 5,33,663, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission (NHM).
The coronavirus caseload in the northeastern state mounted to 5,33,663 as 1,579 more people tested positive for the infection.
The bulletin said, 1,347 more COVID-19 patients have died till now, but the government's Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus as they had other ailments too.
Currently, the state has 19.972 active COVID-19 cases. As many as 2,793 people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 5,07,516, it said.
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