India registered 2,876 fresh Covid-19 infections in last 24 hours, a marginal rise from 2,568 cases reported on the previous day, Union Health ministry said on Wednesday.
In the same period, 98 deaths have also been reported, taking the total number of deaths to 5,16,072.
Meanwhile, following a continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has declined to 32,811 today. Active cases constitute 0.08 per cent of the country’s total positive cases.
A total of 3,884 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,24,50,055.