NEW DELHI: India recorded 17,073 fresh covid infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's active caseload to 94,420, as per data from the Union health ministry on Monday.
Death toll rose to 525,020, with 21 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, as per the data. India's total covid cases stand at 4,34,07,046.
Active cases in Delhi stand at 4,939, Maharashtra has 24,608 cases, Haryana 3,089 infections, while Kerala has 27,772 cases at present.
A rise in daily fresh cases has pushed the country's positivity rate to 5.62% and weekly positivity rate to 3.39%. In the last 24 hours, more than 15,208 patients recovered from covid, with total recoveries, since the onset of pandemic, at 4,27,87,606.