COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 33,058,843, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
Of the 31,222 new cases, Kerala alone has reported 19,688 cases in the last 24 hours. The trend of less than 50,000 daily new cases is being reported for 72 consecutive days now.
As a result, India's active case count has declined to 3,92,864. The active cases comprise 1.19 per cent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.48 per cent the ministry said.
The death toll climbed to 4,41,042with 290 fresh fatalities. The total recovery count from Covid-19 has risen to 3,22,24,937.