India recorded 18,166 new COVID-19 cases and 214 deaths in last 24 hours, data from the Union Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday. India infection tally now stands at 3,39,53,475, with the death toll pushed to 4,50,589. 

India continues to see a downward trajectory in COVID cases as the single-day rise recorded in the last 24 hours was the lowest recorded in 214 days.  

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Active cases have declined by 5,672 to 2,30,971, the lowest such tally in 208 days. They comprise 0.70% of the country’s total caseload. 

23,624 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total recovery count to 3,32,71,915. The national recovery rate stands at 97.98%. 

As many as 12,83,212 tests were conducted on Saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 58,25,95,693 .

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The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.42%. It has been less than 3% for last 41 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.57% and has been below 3% for the last 107 days, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,32,71,915, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent. The cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 94.70 crore.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.