India recorded 15,981 fresh coronavirus cases in India in last 24 hours, 5.7% lower than yesterday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The active cases comprise 0.60 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.07 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
The number of deaths climbed to 4,51,814 with 379 fresh fatalities.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 21 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 110 consecutive days now.