New Delhi, Sep 13 (Agency) India logged a single-day rise of 27,254 new Covid-19 cases taking infection tally in the country to 3,32,64,175, even as the count of active cases declined to 3,74,269, according to Union Health Ministry data on Monday. A reduction of 10,652 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. Meanwhile, the death count due to the disease has climbed to 4,42,874, with 219 daily fatalities being recorded, the data shared by the ministry said.
The tally of active cases has declined to 3,74,269, which comprise 1.13 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.54 per cent, the ministry added. Meanwhile, for the sixth consecutive day, the national capital recorded zero death due to Covid-19 even as the city recorded 17 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, the Delhi government’s latest health bulletin said on Monday. The daily rate of infection has dropped to 0.04 per cent while the tally of total cases in the national capital has risen to 14,38,250 while the deaths have remained at 25,083, the bulletin added.