New cases of coronavirus infection in India were recorded over 2.40 lakh, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,65,30,132 according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The COVID-19 active caseload is 28,05,399 which now comprises 10.57 per cent of the total infections.
The recovery rate is 88.30 per cent, the data stated.
A total of 2,40,842 new infections were registered in a day, while the death count increased to 2,99,266 with 3,741 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Meanwhile, nearly 9,000 people have been infected with mucormycosis or Black Fungus across the country, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said today. In view of the rapid surge, the government has sent over 23,000 additional vials of a key drug used for the treatment of the fungal infection to the affected states, he added.
