India added 35,499 new Covid-19 cases and 447 fresh fatalities in a span of 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated on Monday morning. The active caseload dropped significantly, by 4,634 cases, to 4,02,188.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.59 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 14 days, the ministry said. Cumulatively, 50.86 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive till Monday morning.