New Delhi, Aug 8 (TIWN) India reported 16,167 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which is a decline from the previous day's count of 18,738, said the Union Health Ministry on Monday.

An increase of 577 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.14 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.64 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,34,99,659, while the case fatality rate was 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry,206.56 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive.
The 26 new fatalities include four from Karnataka, three from Gujarat, two each from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal and one each from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.