India added 22,842 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,38,13,903, while the active cases declined to 2,70,557, the lowest in 199 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,48,817 with 244 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The active cases comprise 0.80 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.87 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said. A decrease of 3,332 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.