New Delhi: With 16,311 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours on Monday, India recorded the lowest one-day figure in over six months taking India’s overall tally to 1,04,66,595.
Before this, the lowest number was recorded on January 5 when 16,375 cases were reported in a day.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 161 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,51,160, Since the last 17 days, less than 300 new deaths have been recorded in the country.
As per the ministry data, till now, 1,00,92,909 have recovered. Currently, there are 2,22,526 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 10 are 18,17,55,831 including 6,59,209 samples tested on Sunday, the Indian Council of Medical Research said.
