India reported 12,751 new Covid-19 cases, decline from yesterday

India reported 12,751 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which is a considerable decline from the previous day's count of 16,167, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.

In the same period, the country reported 42 more Covid-19 deaths taking the nationwide death toll to 5,26,772.

Meanwhile, the active caseload has marginally declined to 1,31,807 cases, accounting for 0.31 per cent of the country's total positive cases. 

The recovery of 16,412 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,35,16,071. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.51 per cent. 

The daily positivity rate has declined to 3.50 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 4.69 per cent.