India logs 2,796 deaths as Bihar updates data, daily cases keep falling

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,46,33,255, according to health ministry.

India saw a single-day rise of 2,796 fatalities with Bihar carrying out a reconciliation exercise of its Covid data, pushing the country's death toll to 4,73,326, while 8,895 new infections were reported, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,46,33,255, according to the data updated at 8 am. India had recorded a single-day rise of 3,998 fatalities on July 21 after Maharashtra carried out the 14th reconciliation exercise of its Covid data.

As for a high 2,796 fatalities, the Union health ministry said, 2,426 reconciled deaths by Bihar were adjusted