India reported 2,060 new coronavirus cases, raising its tally to 4,46,30,888, while 10 more fatalities pushed the death count to 5,28,905, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
The active cases increased to 26,834 and comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, according to data updated by the ministry at 8 am.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.75 per cent, it added.
An increase of 209 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
The death count climbed to 5,28,905 with 10 more fatalities, which included four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data stated. The six new fatalities reported in the past 24 hours included two from Karnataka, and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal, as per the data.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.86 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 1.02 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who recuperated from the disease surged to 4,40,75,149, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent, it said.
According to the ministry, 219.33 crore doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive.
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