India reported 8,084 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours on Monday, down from 8,582 a day before, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The recovery of 4,592 patients in the last 24 hours increased the total to 4,26,57,335. As a result, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.68%.
While the daily positivity rate has increased to 3.24 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.21 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 2,49,418 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 85.51 crore.
Also the country logged 10 new Covid fatalities, which took the overall death toll to 5,24,771.
As of Monday morning, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage had surpassed 195.19 crore, with 2,50,56,366 sessions completed.