The covid case less than 3 lakhs in the country.

Since April, India has seen an increase in coronavirus disease, setting new records for regular positive cases, but for the first time in weeks, the country has seen less than 3 lakh cases since April 21. With 2.81 lakh new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, India's daily Covid cases have fallen below 3 lakh for the first time since April 21.

The positivity rate stood at 17.88%. The number of deaths are still high as 4,106 patients had succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours. The death toll crossed more than 2.7 lakhs.

The Health minister, Harsh Vardhan stated on Sunday that the states and the union territories will be receiving 51 Lakhs of vaccine doses in the upcoming three days.

Although a vaccine shortage has slowed the world's largest immunisation campaign, which began in January. Bharat Biotech, whose Covaxin vaccine is one of three approved for emergency use, said on Sunday that it is successful against the Covid B.1.167 strain found in India as well as the B.1.1.7 virus found in the United Kingdom.

On Sunday, the centre said that those who have already received slots on CoWin will not be inconvenienced, even though the prescribed difference between two doses of the Serum Institute of India's Covishield has been extended.