The Health Ministry issued an advisory to seven states to increase COVID testing, promote COVID safety practices, and speed up vaccination, on Sunday, 7 August after a sharp spike in infections.
Over 16,000 fresh COVID cases were reported from across the country in one day, as per the Health Ministry's data on Sunday.
A day prior, on Saturday, 6 August, the country reported over 18,000 fresh COVID-19 infections as well.
According to the Health Ministry's data, this has brought total active COVID cases to 1,35,500 with a total tally of COVID-19 infections just over 4,41,61,899.
The death toll now stands at 5,26,730.