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According to the data, 64,399 new cases were reported while 861 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, recording one-day jump in the number of coronavirus cases.
Sunday is the 10th consecutive day when a single-day spike of over 50,000 fresh cases has been recorded, and the third day with over 60,000 new cases.
There are said to be a total of 628,747 active COVID-19 patients admitted in different hospitals across the country, as 1,480,884 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, according to the ministry.
The recent surge in fresh COVID-19 cases is mainly attributed to ramping up of the samples testing in the country.
Till Saturday a total of 24,106,535 COVID-19 samples were tested, out of which 719,364 samples were tested on Saturday alone, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).