According to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday, it reads, India witnessed a single-day rise of 39,796 new coronavirus infections, which has taken the tally of cases to 3,05,85,229, while the death toll surged to 4,02,728 with 723 more fatalities, the lowest in 88 days. It said that there had been a decline of 3,279 active cases in a span of 24 hours. Accordion to data, the active cases have further declined to 4,82,071 and comprise 1.58 percent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has improved to 97.11 percent.

The ministry said 15,22,504 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted for detection of Covd in the country to 41,97,77,457. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.61 percent. It has been less than five percent for 28 consecutive days, it said. The weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.4 percent, according to the health ministry.

Recoveries continue to outnumber daily cases for 53 consecutive days, it said, adding that the number of people who had recuperated from the disease had risen to 2,97,00,430.

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