India saw 5,379 new coronavirus infections in a day, taking the number of Covid-19 cases to 4,44,72,241.
Active Covid cases dropped to 50,594, while the death toll rose to 5,28,057 with 27 deaths including 11 deaths matched by Kerala.
A decline of 1,742 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
According to the ministry, under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign 213.91 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.