India saw a single day rise of 2,124 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,31,42,192, while the active cases rose to 14,971, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 5,24,507 with 17 more fatalities.
The active cases comprised 0.03% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75%, the Health Ministry said.
An increase of 130 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.46% and weekly positivity rate was 0.49%, according to the Health Ministry.