New Delhi, March 13 (TIWN) In the past 24 hours, India reported 3,614 fresh Covid-19 cases and 47 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

The active cases comprise 0.09 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate further improved to 98.71 per cent, the ministry said. 

reduction of 2,490 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.  The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.41 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 0.50 per cent, according to the ministry. 

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,24,37,072, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.20 per cent. 

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 180.13 crore.