With 16,167 new Covid-19 cases, India sees dip in daily tally

India on Monday saw a slight dip in daily coronavirus cases as the nation logged 16,167 new Covid-19 infections, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country recorded 18,738 Covid cases on Sunday.

The active caseload now stands at 1,35,510, while the overall tally is at 4,40,26,389.

The death toll has climbed to 5,26,730 with 41 deaths including 15 mortalities reconciled by Kerala.

The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 577 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.

The 26 new fatalities include four from Karnataka, three from Gujarat, two each from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal and one each from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

(With inputs from PTI)