India reports 20,279 fresh COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS): India on Sunday reported a marginal decline at 20,279 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours as compared to 21,411 reported on Saturday, said Union Health Ministry.

In the same period, the country has reported 36 more COVID-19 deaths, taking the nationwide toll to 5,26,033.

Meanwhile, the active caseload of the country has marginally increased to 1,52,200 cases, accounting for 0.35 per cent of the country's total COVID-positive cases.

The recovery of 20,279 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,32,10,522. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.45 per cent.

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Meanwhile, India's daily positivity rate has also risen to 5.29 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.46 per cent.

In the same period, a total of 3,83,657 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to more than 87.25 crore.

As of Sunday morning, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 201.99 crore, achieved through 2,66,54,283 sessions.

More than 3.85 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since the beginning of the vaccination drive for this age group.