India in the last 24 hous recorded 1.06 lakh new covid infections.
With this, total tally of COVID-19 cases has rose to 2,89,09,975, while the deaths crossed the 3-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death count climbed to 3,49,186, with 2,427 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed. The seven-day average of death numbers has come down below 3,000 for the first time in six weeks.
Globally so far, 173,705,864 Covid-19 persons have tested positive since the pandemic broke while as 3,735,779 deaths have been reported.