India reports 2,338 fresh coronavirus cases

India today reported at least 2,338 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,58,087. The active cases also increased to 17,883, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The number of death due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,24,630 with 19 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 185 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.60 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 0.56 per cent, according to the ministry.