With the addition of the new positive cases, India's COVID-19 active caseload stood at 2,53,739, which accounts for 0.59 per cent of the total confirmed cases reported in the country.
India's single-day COVID-19 positive count dropped to 71,365 and the total active cases dropped to 8,92,828, as per the latest updates by the Health Ministry.
The country’s total confirmed caseload reached 4,22,72,014, while the death toll climbed to 5,02,874, as the disease claimed 895 more lives in the last 24 hours.