New Delhi: India reported 2,58,089 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, with positivity rate at 19.65%, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry.
The country also witnessed 385 deaths, taking the death toll to 486,451.
This brings the country’s cumulative caseload to 3,52,37,461. Of this, 8,209 cases were of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Total recoveries were at 3,52,37,461 across the country. A total of 1,51,740 patients recovered in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is now at 94.27% per cent.
India's active caseload stands at 16,56,341. The daily positivity rate stood at 19.65 per cent.
Delhi reported 18,286 new cases, Maharashtra 41,327, Karnataka 34,047 and Kerala 18,123 in the past 24 hours.