The Union Health Ministry reported on Monday that India recorded 17,073 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s total to 4,34,07,046, while the number of active cases grew to 94,420. According to figures provided by the ministry at 8 am, the death toll has increased to 5,25,020 with 21 additional fatalities. Of all infections, active cases make about 0.22% of the total.
According to the government, the nationwide COVID-19 recovery percentage was 98.57%. The active COVID-19 case count has increased by 1,844 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the statistics. According to the statement, the weekly positivity rate was 3.39 percent and the daily positivity rate was 5.62 percent.
