coronavirus cases, taking the total virus tally to 42,851,929, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The daily coronavirus case shave continued to remain below 20,000-mark for the past 53 days. The active cases dipped to 1,81,075, while the death toll climbed to 5,12,344 with 235 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily Covid-19 cases have remained below one lakh for 16 consecutive days. India reported 16,764 coronavirus infections on December 30 last year.
The active cases comprise 0.42% of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.38%, the ministry said.