Updated On: 16 August, 2021 08:18 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
India records a single-day rise of 36,083 cases and 493 deaths, as per the government’s Sunday morning data

People wait to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine, at Lalbaug in Mumbai, on Saturday. Pic/PTI
India saw a single-day rise of 36,083 new Coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 3,21,92,576, while the death toll has climbed to 4,31,225 with 493 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday morning.
The active cases have declined to 3,85,336 and comprise 1.20 per cent of the total infections. A reduction of 2,337 cases was recorded in the active cases in a span of 24 hours.