India's Covid tally crosses 21 lakh on Sunday with record single day spike of 64,399 new cases, 861 deaths

The number of recoveries surged to 14,80,884 with record 53,879 more people recuperating in the past 24 hours, taking recovery rate to 68.78 per cent. The case fatality rate has dropped 2.01 per cent, according to the Health Ministry data.