Newsinc24 Team 
India’s tally of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) reached 24,684,077 as the country logged 311,170 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed on Sunday morning. The daily fatalities due to Covid-19 were recorded at 4,077, taking the overall related death toll to 270,284. This is for the seventh consecutive day that India has recorded a rise of less than 400,000 daily cases. From May 6-9, the country saw a rise of more than 400,000 fresh infections per day. On these four days, India recorded 412,262, 414,188, 401,078 and 403,738 infections, respectively, in a 24-hour period.
The number of patients who have recovered from the viral disease has reached 20,795,335, with the addition of 362,437 discharges. Active cases are at 3,618,458. Recoveries, active cases and deaths contribute 84.25%, 14.65% and 1.09% of the national tally. Meanwhile, the number of samples tested in the last 24 hours stood at 1,832,950, the ICMR’s tweet noted.
COVID-19 Testing Update. For more details visit: https://t.co/dI1pqvXAsZ @MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #CoronaUpdatesInIndia #COVID19 #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/Ld2Bmcvg1Z
— ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) May 16, 2021
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