India's daily Covid-19 tally drops below 3 lakh after 5 days, records 2,55,874 new cases

India registered a sharp decline in daily Covid-19 cases as 2,55,874 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, finally breaking a five-day streak of reporting over three lakh daily Covid cases. On Monday, India had recorded 3,06,064 cases.

The daily positivity rate also fell down to 15.52 per cent from 20.75 per cent recorded on Monday.

A total of 614 deaths and 2,67,753 recoveries have been reported in the last 24 hours.

India's active caseload currently stands at 22,36,842, at 5.62 per cent.