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India records 311,170 Covid-19 cases, over 4,000 deaths in 24 hours

16 May 2021 09:10 (UTC +04:00)

According to the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHW) dashboard on Sunday morning, the country's infection tally has reached 24,684,077, APA reports citing Hindustan Times.

India’s tally of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) reached 24,684,077 as the country logged 311,170 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed on Sunday morning. The daily fatalities due to Covid-19 were recorded at 4,077, taking the overall related death toll to 270,284, the dashboard showed further.

This is for the seventh consecutive day that India has recorded a rise of less than 400,000 daily cases. From May 6-9, the country saw a rise of more than 400,000 fresh infections per day. On these four days, India recorded 412,262, 414,188, 401,078 and 403,738 infections, respectively, in a 24-hour period.

According to the latest data, the number of patients who have recovered from the viral disease has reached 20,795,335, with the addition of 362,437 discharges. Active cases are at 3,618,458. Recoveries, active cases and deaths contribute 84.25%, 14.65% and 1.09% of the national tally.