People walk at a crowded market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters

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India reported on Tuesday 42,640 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday.

As it continued with a declining trend of coronavirus infection, the country reported 1,167 deaths. This is the fifth consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark, data from the health ministry showed.

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The South Asian country's total COVID-19 caseload now stands at 29.98 million, while total fatalities are at 389,302, according to Indo-Asian News Service.

It is also the 15th consecutive day when India reported less than 100,000 new coronavirus cases. On March 23, India had recorded 47,262 cases while on June 22 India reported 53,256 cases.

The South Asian country's total COVID-19 caseload now stands at 29.98 million.

The overall tally of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 29,977,861.

The active cases have now come down below 8 lakh. The country has 662,521 active cases presently and has witnessed 389,302 deaths so far.

According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 81,839 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 28,926,038 till date.

The Health Ministry said that a total of 288,766,201 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 8,616,373 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 394,072,142 samples have been tested up to June 21 for COVID-19. Of these 1,664,360 samples were tested on Monday.