India reported a single-day rise of 35,178 new COVID-19 cases today, nearly 40% higher than yesterday's 25,166 cases. Besides, 440 new fatalities have taken the COVID-related death count to 4,32,519, according to the health ministry's morning update.
The current caseload across the country stands at 3,67,415, lowest in 148 days. The active cases constitute 1.14% of the total cases, lowest since March 2020. The daily positivity rate is at 1.96%, less than 3% for the last 23 days.
The recovery rate is currently at 97.52%, the highest since March 2020. As many as 3,14,85,923 people have recovered so far across the country with 37,169 patients recovering during the last 24 hours. So far, 56.06 crore vaccine doses have been administered across India, with 55,05,075 doses being administered in the last 24 hours.
