India adds 3,33,533 new cases, 525 deaths in last 24 hours; daily positivity rate at 17.78%

JAN 23: India registered 3,33,533 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, slightly lower than the previous day, showed the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday morning. The death toll spiked to 4,89,409 with 525 new fatalities.

The daily active cases surged by 73,840, taking the active caseload to 21,87,205. The active cases account for 5.57 per cent of total infections. A total of 2,59,168 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours, the health bulletin stated.