New Delhi: Before this, the lowest number was recorded on June 17 last year, when India reported 12,881 fresh Covid cases in a day.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 167 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,51,327.
Since the last 18 days, less than 300 new deaths per day have been recorded in the country.
As per the ministry data, till now, 1,01,11,294 people have recovered. Currently, there are 2,16,558 active cases.
The recovery rate stands at 96.43 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.44 as per cent.
The total number of samples tested up to January 11 were 18,26,52,887 including 8,97,056 samples tested on Monday, the Indian Council of Medical Research said.
