Over 37,000 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours, the centre said this morning.
The government's "ultimate aim" is to reduce COVID-19 positivity rates - or the number of those infected as a percentage of those tested - to 5 per cent, the Health Ministry said Tuesday evening, adding that 30 states and union territories already had lower figures than the national average.
The national positivity rate is 11.14 per cent, according to a Health Ministry statement Tuesday morning. This has increased from 10 per cent a week ago, 9.7 per cent two weeks ago and 8 per cent from four weeks ago.
The ministry also said the mortality rate - or the number of deaths as a percentage of total cases - was among the world's lowest.
India has over 11.55 lakh COVID-19 cases so far, with 28,084 deaths linked to the virus. Over 37,000 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours, the government said this morning.
