new delhi india has reported 30948 new covid19 cases 403 deaths in last 24 hours said the data released by the union home ministrywhile the total tally of covid19 cases has increased to 32424234 the death toll climbed to 434367 with 403 fresh fatalities the active cases declined to 353398 comprising 109 per cent of the total infections according to the data released at 8am on sundaythe active cases have declined to 353398 the lowest in 152 days while the national covid19 recovery rate has increased to 9757 per cent the highest since march 2020 the health ministry saida reduction of 7942 cases has been recorded in the active covid19 caseload in a span of 24 hoursas many as 1585681 tests were conducted on saturday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of covid19 in the country to 506256239 the daily positivity rate was recorded at 195 per cent it has been less than three per cent for the last 27 daysthe weekly positivity rate was recorded at two per cent it has been below three per cent for the last 58 days according to the ministrythe number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 31636469 while the case fatality rate stands at 134 per cent the data statedindias covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on august 7 2020 30 lakh on august 23 40 lakh on september 5 and 50 lakh on september 16 it went past 60 lakh on september 28 70 lakh on october 11 crossed 80 lakh on october 29 90 lakh on november 20 and surpassed the onecrore mark on december 19 india crossed the grim milestone of two crore on may 4 and three crore on june 23