Covid-19: India logs 1,054 new cases, 29 deaths, active tally over 11,000
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India reported a single-day rise of 1,054 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 43,035,271 while the count of active cases fell to 11,132, according to the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.
The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,21,685 with 29 daily fatalities being reported, data updated by the ministry at 8 am showed.
The count of active cases currently comprises 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate is at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
A reduction of 233 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,25,024,54 , while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent, the data showed.
The cumulative number of doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 185.70 crore.
India's COVID-19 infection tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020.
The country crossed the grim milestones of two crore cases on May 4, 2021 and three crore on June 23.
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