Meanwhile, with the highest single-day spike of 28,637 cases and 551 fatalities in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 count reached 8,49,553 on Sunday even as the recovery rate marginally improved to 62.93 per cent.
According to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, this includes 2,92,258 active cases, and 5,34,621 cured and discharged or migrated patients. The toll due to the disease has reached 22,674 in the country.