India reported 58,419 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday, the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the health ministry showed. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 29.9 million and so far 386,713 people have died. Deaths rose by 1,576 overnight.
The daily numbers represent a sharp slowdown from the peak of the second wave in early May when India was registering over 400,000cases every day.
A total of 1,576 deaths were reported on Sunday, bringing the overall death toll to 386,713, the ministry said.
Experts say both coronavirus infections and related deaths in India are likely much higher due to undercounting by government agencies.
Many Indian states have begun easing regional lockdowns amid the receding second wave.
Courts and the federal government have however urged regional governments to ensure physical distancing and coronavirus-appropriate behavioral huge crowds thronged markets and malls.
Randeep Guleria, a top government doctor and advisor, has also warned that a third Covid-19 wave may hit India in six to eight weeks if people lowered their guard.
India's main challenge remains to vaccinate its huge population, he said.
So far, only 3.8 percent of the more than 1.3 billion inhabitants in India have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
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