New Delhi: India logged 2,568 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,84,913, while active cases dipped to 19,137, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today. The country also saw 20 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 5,23,889.
On Monday, India’s COVID case positivity rate went past one percent again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of more than 3,100 infections and 26 fatalities, the Health Ministry data had stated.
A higher positive rate means a higher transmission rate for the virus. The weekly positivity rate was 0.70 percent, according to the health ministry.
At 1.07 percent, the daily positivity went past one percent again after a little over two months, the ministry said.
(Vinayak)