India on Monday registered 1,270 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The active cases now stand at 15,859, according to the latest Health Ministry data.A total of 1,826 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, increasing the cumulative tally to 4,24,82,262. Consequently, India`s recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent.