India recorded 2,858 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 4,31,19,112. According to the Health Ministry data, the active cases dipped to 18,096 today.
The number of Covid-related deaths climbed to 5,24,201 with 11 new fatalities today, the data stated.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 508 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.95 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.82 per cent, according to the ministry.