COVID-19: India Records 60,471 New Cases

India saw a single day rise of 60,471 new coronavirus infections, the lowest after 75 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,95,70,881, while the daily positivity rate declined to 3.45 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,77,031 with 2,726 fresh deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed, reports PTI.

The active cases further declined to 9,13,378 comprising 3.09 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.64 percent. A net decline of 59,780 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Also, 17,51,358 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 38,13,75,984.

The daily positivity rate dropped to 3.45 percent. It has been less than 5 percent for 8 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 4.39 percent.