As per government data, new infections were 27,469 less than that reported on Sunday. However, the daily positivity rate rose to 20.75% from 17.78% on Sunday.
With the addition of new infections recorded in the country, the active cases mounted to 20,18,825. As per the ministry, the active cases account for 5.23% of the total cases.
With 17,87,457 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, a daily positivity rate of 14.78% was observed which is also slightly higher as compared to yesterday. Further, the weekly positivity rate touched 11.83% in the country.