India reports 34,113 new Covid cases, 346 deaths

Continuing a decline, India reported 34,113 new Covid-19 cases and 346 deaths in last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Monday.

The new fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 5,09,011.

Meanwhile, the active Covid cases have reduced to 4,78,882, which constitute 1.12 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

The recovery of 91,930 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 4,16,77,641. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 97.68 per cent.

Also in the same period, a total of 10,67,908 tests were conducted across the country, which took the total to 75.18 crore.

While the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.99 per cent, the daily positivity rate fell to 3.19 per cent.

With the administration of over 11,66,993 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage reached 172.95 crore as of Monday morning.