India saw a single-day rise of 39,796 new Covid-19 infections, which took the tally of cases to 3,05,85,229, while the death toll climbed to 4,02,728 with 723 more fatalities, the lowest in around 88 days, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The active cases have further declined to 4,82,071 and comprise 1.58 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.11 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed