India logged 43,509 new novel Coronavirus infections and 640 fatalities, while the active cases increased for the second consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday morning.

The active cases have increased to 4,03,840 from 3,99,436 the day before. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.38 per cent, the daily positivity rate was 2.52 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 4,404 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 tally in a span of 24 hours.