India reported 20,799 fresh COVID-19 cases today, a drop of around nine per cent from yesterday's 22,842 cases. During the same period, 180 deaths were recorded according to the Health Ministry.
India's active cases account for less than 1 per cent of total infections, currently at 0.78 per cent -- lowest since March 2020. The active case count stands at 2,64,458, lowest in 200 days.
The national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.89 per cent, highest since March 2020. At least 26,718 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the number of total recoveries to 3,31,21,247.
The daily positivity rate - number of positive cases identified per 100 - stands at 2.10 per cent, less than 3 per cent for last 35 days. The weekly positivity rate stands at 1.63 per cent.
