India on August 25 reported 10,725 new COVID-19 infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,78,920, while the active cases declined to 94,047.
According to the Union health ministry data updated on August 25, the death toll climbed to 5,27,488 with 36 fatalities which includes five deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.21 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.60 per cent, the ministry said.
A decline of 2,395 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.73 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.20 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,37,57,385, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry, 210.82 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The 31 new fatalities include six from Delhi, five from Maharashtra, three each from Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, two each from Haryana, Odisha and Punjab and one each from Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur and Uttarakhand.
