Coronavirus / India reports lowest daily COVID-19 cases in 71 days as 80,834 test positive

India has reported 80,834 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest one-day rise in the number of cases in the last 71 days. The country also reported 3,303 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases has reached 2,94,39,989, while the death toll has surged to 3,70,384. Active cases declined to 10,26,159.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 13, 2021, 10:12 AM
New Delhi: India on Sunday recorded 80,834 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Union health ministry dashboard at 8am. This is the lowest tally recorded since April 2.

With this, the country's total infections went up to 29,439,989. As many as 3,303 people died due to the virus in 24 hours, the ministry added, taking the total death toll to 370,384.

The daily positivity rate went down to 4.25%, less than 10% for 20 consecutive days, and the recovery rate increased to 95.26% in last 24 hours. As many as 1,32,062 recoveries were recorded.