India logged 16,051 new coronavirus infections, taking the virus tally to 4,28,38,524, while the active cases dipped to 2,02,131, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 5,12,109 with 206 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily COVID-19 cases have remained below one lakh for 15 consecutive days.
The active cases comprise 0.47 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.33 per cent, the ministry said.
A reduction of 22,056 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
