India recorded 2,527 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the fourth straight day with more than 2,000 fresh infections reported.

India reported 2,527 new Covid-19 cases, and 33 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data released by the Union Health Ministry. This marks the fourth straight day India recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus infections.

With Saturday's numbers, the number of active cases in the country is now at 15,079. The daily positivity rate stands at 0.56 per cent.

A total of 1,656 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which pushed the total recoveries to 4,25,17,724 across the country reports Indian papers.