Covid Update: India Records Surge In Positivity Rate, Logs 3,207 Fresh Infections

3,410 people have recovered from the virus, taking the recovery rate to 98.74%.The daily positivity rate has also reached close to 1 per cent

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New Delhi: India recorded a slight drop in Covid infections in the last 24 hours as the country registered 3,207 fresh cases on Sunday. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, India's active caseload currently stands at 20,403 which is 0.05 per cent of the total cases. The press release shared by the government also said that 29 people lost their lives due to the deadly virus, taking the death toll of the country to 5,24,093. With the addition of new cases in the last 24 hours, India's total case tally now stands at  4,31,05,401.

3,410 people have recovered from the virus, taking the recovery rate to 98.74%.

The daily positivity rate has also reached close to 1 per cent and currently stands at 0.95 per  cent.  The weekly positivity rate has also surged to 0.85 per cent.

Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 224 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the state's infection tally to 78,79,278, while one death raised the toll to 1,47,847, the health department said.

A total of 196 patients recuperated during the day, taking the cumulative recovery count to 77,30,127. There are 1,304 active cases in the state now.

On Sunday, 24,349 tests were done, pushing the state's overall test count to 8,03,79,421.

The COVID-19 recovery rate of the state is 98.11 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.87 per cent.

Mumbai reported 123 new cases and zero death, which raised its infection tally to 10,59,807. Its death toll is 19,563. Mumbai division, which comprises the city and its satellite townships, saw 156 cases during the day. Its infection count now stands at 22,34,945 and fatality figure at 39,830.

Nashik division reported five new cases, Pune division 47 cases, Kolhapur division two cases, Aurangabad division seven cases, Akola division two cases and Nagpur division five cases. Latur division did not report any case. One death was reported in Amravati city.