Coronavirus updates: India reports 3,712 new Covid cases, 5 deaths In 24 hours

India recorded 3,712 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,64,544.

The active cases also increased to 19,509, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The number of death due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,24,641 with 5 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 1,123 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the last 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.