COVID-19: 64,399 cases, 861 deaths reported in India in 24 hours

New Delhi: The coronavirus tally on Sunday crossed the grim mark of 21 lakh after the country reported its biggest single-day spike of 64,399 new COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry said in its daily updates while adding that 861 fatalities were reported during the same period.

According to the latest information available at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the novel coronavirus — which was reported first in China’s Wuhan — has affected 21,53,011 while 43,379 have succumbed to deadly infection, taking India’s mortality rate to 2.01 per cent. Out of the total number of cases, 6,28,747 are active cases of the infection while the recovery rate has improved to 68.78 per cent as 14,80,885 patients have recovered from coronavirus and discharged from hospitals.