India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020
New Delhi: India recorded 1,247 fresh Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, registering a huge drop of nearly 43 per cent from yesterday.
The country logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections on Monday, a 90 per cent increase in new cases and a 165 per cent increase in positivity rate in a single day.
The Centre noted that Kerala reported its state-level Covid data after a gap of five days on Monday, which impacted the country's key pandemic monitoring indicators such as cases, deaths and positivity rate.
Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal in a letter to Kerala's Principal Secretary of Health, asked the state to "ensure daily updation" of Covid data.
Mr Agarwal said the Centre has regularly emphasised the need for a robust reporting mechanism for monitoring state-wise cases and deaths on daily basis.
India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,30,45,527 today, while the active cases increased to 11,860, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
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The death count climbed to 5,21,966 with one fresh fatality being reported from Uttar Pradesh.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.31 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.34 per cent.