India has registered a decline in the number of Covid-19 fatalities on Monday. Less than 170 virus-related daily deaths were been recorded in the country for the first time in 229 days."Declining new cases and high rate of recovery have in tandem resulted in continuous fall in the country's active caseload on a sustained basis," the ministry said.With 16,311 news cases in the last 24 hours, the country's total active caseload has now reached 2.25 lakh.India has been reporting a continuous decline in the number of daily active cases for many days now, health ministry said in a statement.