India on Thursday reported 3,303 new COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 4,30,68,799, while active cases rose by 16,980, according to Union Health Ministry data.
Daily cases crossed the 3,000-mark after 46 days.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,23,693 with 39 more deaths, data updated at 8 am said.
Active cases account for 0.04 percent of total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.74 percent, the ministry said.
An increase of 701 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload within 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.66 percent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.61 percent, the ministry said.
