Over 21,800 people tested positive for Covid-19 and 26,000 recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, bringing down the number of active cases to 2,57,656 in the country. During the same period 299 people succumbed to the infection, taking the total death toll from the pandemic to 1,48,738.

There are around 102.67 lakh confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country of which over 98.60 lakh people recovered.

During the last 24 hours, over 11.27 lakh tests were carried out in the country, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.