India’s COVID positivity rate (CPR) went past 1% again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections and 26 fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
This has pushed the country’s overall COVID-19 tally to 4,30,82,345 cases and 5,23,869 deaths.
The number of active cases rose by 408 in a 24-hour span to reach 19,500, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.