India records 41,157 new Covid cases, 518 deaths

India on Sunday recorded 41,157 fresh cases of Covid-19, taking the country's cumulative tally to 31,106,065, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare.

In the last 24 hours, the country also saw 518 people succumbing to Covid-19, taking its death toll to 413,609, reports the Hindustan Times.

The active cases in India dipped further in the last 24 hours and were logged at 422,660, accounting for 1.36 per cent of the total cases recorded in the country since the start of the outbreak last year. Active Covid-19 cases, which refers to the existing patients in the country, have decreased by 1,365 in a span of 24 hours.

A total of 42,004 people recovered from the infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the country's recovery rate to 97.31 per cent, the health ministry data showed.

The second wave of Covid-19 is visibly receding in most regions in the country over the past two months, except for Kerala and Maharashtra states which are witnessing rising infections over the past four weeks, data shows.

On Saturday, India crossed the milestone of the 400-million mark in the number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered across the country so far. The new high in administering vaccine doses makes India a country with the highest number of shots given among any nation in the world with the exception of China.