The death toll climbed to 4,52,290 with 166 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 0.56 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.12 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said
A medic inoculates a resident during a door-to-door drive, in Chennai, on Monday. Pic/AFP
India added 13,596 new Coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,81,315, while the active cases declined to 1,89,694, the lowest in 221 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
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The death toll climbed to 4,52,290 with 166 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases comprise 0.56 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.12 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decrease of 6,152 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.37 per cent. The ministry said that India has administered 98 crore COVID-19 vaccine shots to the people till Monday afternoon.
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