Covid update: India reports just over 1 lakh cases, lowest since April 5

India has logged in 1,00,636 new Covid infections in 24 hours, lowest in 61 days and 13,824 cases less than Sunday. This is also the lowest spike since April 5 when the country saw a rise of 96,982 cases in a day. The death toll also saw decline and was recorded at 2,427, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said in its latest update.

India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,89,09,975 with 14,01,609 active cases and 3,49,186 fatalities so far.

According to the Health Ministry, a total of 1,74,399 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 2,71,59,180 till date.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 36,63,34,111 samples have been tested up to June 6 for Covid-19. Of these 15,87,589 samples were tested on Sunday.

A total of 23,27,86,482 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 13,90,916 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours, the health ministry added.

Here's more updates:

*Continuing its upward trend, recovery of patients from Covid crossed the 24-lakh mark in Karnataka, while 320 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

*The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Delhi will conduct clinical trials of Covaxin on children from today. Similar trials of Covaxin began in Patna on Tuesday last week.

*Delhi, currently undergoing unlock phase, has allowed metro services to resume operations from today with 50 per cent of capacity.

*From today, Maharashtra will begin easing the restrictions, with the overall process extending across five phases based on the positivity rate and occupancy of beds with medical oxygen.

Meanwhile, the overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 173.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.72 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.