New Delhi, March 29: India reported 1,259 fresh Covid cases and 35 deaths in a span of 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.
With the new deaths, the total number has reached 5,21,070 in the country.
Following the continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has further declined to 15,378, constituting 0.04 per cent of the country’s total positive cases.
A total of 1,705 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,24,85,534. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 5,77,559 tests were conducted across the country. India has so far conducted over 78.79 crore cumulative tests. (IANS)
