NEW DELHI, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- India's daily COVID-19 caseload Sunday increased to 227, officials said.
According to federal health ministry data released on Sunday morning, 227 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours.
According to data released by the government, the active caseload stands at 3,424.
The country also logged two related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 530,693 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
The ministry said so far 44,142,989 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals.
So far, over 909 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country, the health ministry said Sunday.
According to the ministry update, 129,159 tests were conducted on Saturday alone and a cumulative total of 909,908,550 samples have been tested so far. ■
