India recorded 39,361 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry dashboard on Monday morning. With this, the country’s total caseload rose to over 3.14 crores.
As many as 416 fatalities were reported in the same period. The death toll now stands at 4,20,967 since the start of the pandemic.
At present, active cases constitute 1.31 per cent of the total cases with a daily positivity rate remaining below five per cent at 3.41 per cent.
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With 35,968 fresh recoveries, the recovery rate now stands at 97.35 per cent.
Further, over 43.51 crore vaccine doses have been administered since the nationwide vaccination drive began earlier this year.