With 7,081 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 3,47,40,275, while the active cases declined to 83,913, the lowest in 570 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 4,77,422, with 264 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 52 days now.

The active cases have declined to 83,913, comprising 0.24 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.38 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the Health Ministry said. A decline of 652 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.58 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for last 76 days The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.61 per cent. It has been below 1 per cent for the last 35 days, according to the ministry.