Agencies
New Delhi: India recorded 39,070 new COVID-19 cases and 491 related deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Sunday (August 8, 2021). The country now has registered a total of 3.19 crore coronavirus infections and has witnessed 4,27,862 fatalities.
India's active count now stands at 4,06,822 and constitutes 1.27% of the country's total confirmed cases. The Health Ministry informed that a total of 17,22,221 COVID-19 tests were conducted between Saturday and Sunday morning and India has so far done over 48 crore tests. The national weekly positivity rate currently stands at 2.38%, whereas, the daily positivity rate is at 2.27%.
On the other hand, 43,910 patients recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and took the total tally to 3.10 crore. The national recovery rate has now increased to 97.39%. |
