India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 34,690,510, while the number of active cases declined to 92,281, the lowest in 560 days, with 7,774 people testing positive for the coronavirus in a day, according to Union Health Ministry.

The death toll mounted to 4,75,434 with the addition of 306 fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The number of active cases has decreased to92,281, comprising 0.27 per cent of the total infections, the lowest in 560 days, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.36 per cent, the highest since March last year, the Health Ministry said.

The data stated that a decrease of 996 cases had been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in 24 hours. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 0.65 per cent, and it has been less than two per cent for the last 69 days. The weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 0.70 per cent, and it has been below one per cent over the previous 28 days, according to the ministry.