Coronavirus: India reports 2.4 lakh Covid-19 cases, 3,741 deaths

India recorded 240,842 new cases of coronavirus and 3,741 deaths on Saturday, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.

There are a total of 2,65,30,132 Covid-19 cases in the country while the death toll has reached 2,99,266. Tamil Nadu reported 35,873 new cases while Karnataka had 31,183. A total of 2,34,25,467 people have recovered from the disease.

Active cases have come down by more than a lakh for the third straight day. There are 28.05 lakh active cases in the country at present. Out of the 3,741 deaths reported on Saturday, Maharashtra reported 713, Tamil Nadu had 448, while Karnataka reported 451. As many as 19,50,04,184 people have been vaccinated so far.

The government Sunday said the daily positivity rate has declined to 11.34%. Over 21.23 lakh tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, the highest tests conducted in a single day, it further said.

Only around 43.05 million people — around 3 per cent of India’s total population — have received two doses of any Covid-19 vaccine since India started its immunisation programme on January 16 this year. Another 151.90 million people had received at least one dose, according to provisional data from the Health Ministry on Saturday night.