India registered 8,309 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As many as 236 more COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country, increasing the total death count to 4,68,790. India’s active caseload stood at 1,03,859, the lowest in 544 days, while the daily positivity rate stood at 1.09%.
