decline in cases comes a day after the country reported 11,539 cases on Sunday. The number of active cases came down to 97,648, according to Union Health ministry data.
The toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,27,368 with 26 more fatalities, including 10 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.22 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.59 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.15 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.59 per cent, the ministry said. A total of 88.27 crore tests have been conducted so far with 2,29,546 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, it said.