India has reported 19,740 new COVID-19 cases and 248 deaths in the last 24 hours. This comes a day after the country saw 21,257 cases and 271 deaths. India’s active caseload dropped to 2,36,643, the lowest in 206 days, while the daily positivity rate stood at 1.56%. Notably, Kerala reported 10,944 cases and 120 deaths on Friday.