The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that the active COVID-19 cases has increased to 17,698. With 2,706 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,55,749.
Active cases now constitute 0.04 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The death toll climbed to 5,24,611 as 25 more people succumbed due to the contagious virus.
2,070 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,26,13,440, the 8 am data leased by the health ministry showed.