New Delhi: India has registered less than 10,000 Covid cases maintaining the declining trend in the country. 6,915 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours while 16,864 cases were recovered.
180 people succumbed to the virus on Monday. The country's active caseload now stands at 92,472.
The active cases fell below the one-lakh mark after 60 days, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
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The death toll climbed to 5,14,023 with the addition of new fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases have declined to 92,472, now comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections, while the country's COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.59 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 10,129 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.77 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.11 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,23,24,550, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent, the data showed.
A total of 5,14,023 deaths have been reported so far in the country -- 1,43,701 from Maharashtra, 65,333 from Kerala, 39,950 from Karnataka, 38,004 from Tamil Nadu, 26,122 from Delhi, 23,456 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,176 from West Bengal.