India on Monday recorded new 17,073 cases of COVID-19, raising the tally to 4,34,07,046, while the daily positivity crossed 5 per cent after over four months, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
With 21 more fatalities, the death toll climbed to 5,25,020.
The active cases rose to 94,420, comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections. An increase of 1,844 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours, as per the data.
The 21 new fatalities include six from Kerala, five from Maharashtra, four from Delhi, two each from Delhi, two each from Goa and Punjab and one each from Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, the data stated.
