The single day rise in fresh cases of the Wuhan virus, also known as the Novel Coronavirus recorded below 40,000 after 102 days. With this, the active cases of the COVID-19 infection tally to 3,03,16,897, while the daily fatalities remained below 1,000 for the second consecutive day.
The new cases were confirmed by the Union Health Ministry data updated on the 29th of June.
In the past 24 hours, India saw 37,566 new cases being reported in a day, while the COVID-19 death toll rose to 3,97,637 with 907 daily fatalities, the lowest in 77 days.
According to the data published at 7 am, 32.90 crore cumulative vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The number of active cases has further declined to 5,52,659, comprising 1.82 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.87 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
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