India reported a total of 16,464 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall number of Covid-related infections in the country to 4,40,36,275.
The active COVID-19 cases increased to 1,43,989, according to the Union Health Ministry data
According to government data, India also reported 39 Covid-related fatalities on Sunday, taking the total number of deaths to 5,26,396.
The active cases comprise 1.6 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.5 per cent, the ministry said

