India reported 18,257 new Covid-19 cases, lower than yesterday’s 18,840, in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Sunday, data from the Union health ministry revealed.
The country reported 42 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total death tally to 5,25,428.
As many as 3,662 active cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 1,28,690.
The daily positivity rate was 4.14 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 4.09 per cent, according to the health ministry.
Meanwhile, 198.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.