NEW DELHI: India reported 1,685 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total tally of infections to 4,30,16,372.
In the same period, 83 deaths were recorded. The death toll due to coronavirus now stands at 5,16,755.
According to the Union health ministry, India’s active cases has declined to 21,530. The tally of active cases now comprises 0.05 per cent of the total coronavirus infections.
The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the health ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.24 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.33 per cent.
With 2,499 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,24,78,087.
A total of 6,91,425 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the country in the last 24 hours.
