According to data issued by the Union health ministry at 8 a.m. on Monday, India has 35,499 new Covid cases in the previous 24 hours.
After Monday’s fresh cases, the overall tally has reached 31,969,954. The death toll saw a rise of 447 fatalities and now stands at 428,309, according to the ministry’s data.
The number of active cases declined to 402,188, according to the health ministry. The national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.40 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 31,139,457.
568 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Sunday morning.