NEW DELHI: India reported 83,876 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total tally of Covid-19 infections to 4,22,72,014, while the active cases further declined to 11,08,938, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 5,02,874 with 895 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8am stated.
The active cases comprise 2.62 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.19 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily Covid positivity rate in the country stands at 7.25%, while the weekly positivity rate is at 9.18%.
Meanwhile, 169.63 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far.
More than 74.15 crore samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the country in which 11,56,363 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.