Updated On: 04 October, 2021 07:52 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
India added 22,842 new infections and 2,70,557 active cases in 24 hours, as per govt’s Sunday morning data

A health worker vaccinates a beneficiary at a COVID vaccination centre in Gurugram on Saturday. Pic/PTI
India added 22,842 new Coronavirus infections, taking the total tally 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’s data updated on Sunday morning.
The death toll climbed to 4,48,817 with 244 fresh fatalities. A decrease of 3,332 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.80 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.87 per cent, the highest since March 2020.