India's daily rise in Covid-19 cases retreated from the 4 lakh mark on Monday, while its daily rise in deaths also fell after two straight days of more than 4,000 fatalities due to the virus, according to the Union health ministry data.

India's Covid-19 caseload reached 2,26,62,575 on Monday as the country added 366,161 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours. A total of 3,754 people succumbed to the virus in one day, taking the death toll due to the infection in India to just over 2.46 lakh.