COVID: India logs 80,834 new cases, lowest spike after 71 days

Sunday, 13 June 2021 (10:24 IST)
New Delhi: India has reported 80,834 fresh Covid-19 cases, lowest after 71 days, and 3,303 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.

The fresh addition took the active case tally to 10,26,159, while the death toll soared to 3,70,384 and the cumulative caseload now stands at 2,94,39,989.

On a positive note, recoveries continued to outnumber the daily new cases for 31 consecutive days with 1,32,062 patients being recovered during the past day, hence pushing the recovery rate to 95.26 per cent.

Country's testing capacity has also been substantially ramped up with a total of 37.81 crore tests being conducted so far in the nation.

Under the nationwide vaccination drive, a total of 25,31,95,048 people have been vaccinated across the country till now with 34,84,239 being inoculated in the last 24 hours. (UNI)

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