India saw a single-day rise of 27,254 new COVID-19 infections, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,64,175, while the count of active cases declined to 3,74,269, according to Union Health Ministry data on Monday.

The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,42,874, with 219 daily fatalities being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed. A reduction of 10,652 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.