Coronavirus Highlights: India reports 2,706 new Covid cases, 25 deaths in a day

With 2,706 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,55,749, while the active cases increased to 17,698, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death count climbed to 5,24,611 with 25 fresh fatalities.

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 779 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.