India reported 38,353 fresh coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,20,36,511, while the active cases have declined to 3,86,351, the lowest in 140 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The volume of deaths has shot up to 4,29,179 with 497 fresh fatalities, the data updated showed.
The active cases comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.45 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 2,157 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 17,77,962 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 48,50,56,507.
The daily positivity rate was recorded 2.16 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 16 days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.34 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,12,20,981 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulatively, 51.90 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive.