India reported 3,545 new Covid infections in a single day taking the number of reported cases to 4,30,94,938 while the number of active cases fell to 19,688, according to a Union Health Ministry update.
The death toll rose to 5,24,002 with 27 more deaths.
Active cases comprised 0.05 percent of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 percent, the health ministry said.
According to it, the daily positivity rate was 0.76 percent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.79 percent.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,25,51,248.
