India recorded 26,291 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike in 85 days, taking the country's infection tally to 1,13,85,339, according to Union health ministry data.
The death count due to the disease increased to 1,58,725 with 118 more fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering an upward trend for five days in a row, the total active caseload has gone up to 2,19,262 which is 1.93 per cent of the total infections in the country, while the recovery rate has dropped to 96.68 per cent, the data stated.
As many as 26,624 infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on December 20.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded 407 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, crossing the 400-mark for the fourth consecutive day, while the positivity rate stood at 0.60 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.The deaths climbed to 10,941 with two more fatalities, as per the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department.
The city had recorded 419 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, while 431 cases were recorded on Friday, the highest single-day spike in over two months. The count on Thursday was 409.
India is the third-most affected country globally with 11.36 million cases, behind the United States and Brazil.
