India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,009,390 on Monday, as 1,549 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, and Mongolia registered 35 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, latest data of the countries' health ministries showed.

Iran PressAsia: As many as 31 deaths due to the pandemic since Sunday morning took the total death toll to 516,510, India's Health Ministry reported.

There are still 25,106 active COVID-19 cases in India with a fall of 1,134 active cases during the past 24 hours. This was the 56th consecutive day when the number of active cases declined in the country.

So far 42,467,774 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, out of which 2,652 were discharged during the past 24 hours.

Mongolia reports lowest daily COVID-19 cases for two consecutive days in a year

Mongolia registered 35 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily number for two days in a row since March 6, 2021, raising its total caseload to 468,654, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday.

Meanwhile, no new deaths were reported in the past day, it said.

Mongolians have basically returned to normal daily life due to high vaccination coverage and declining daily infections. Notably, the Asian country has resumed in-person classes for all levels of educational institutions and fully opened its borders to foreign tourists, who will not be required to have a PCR test or to quarantine.

So far, 66.8 percent of the country's total population of 3.4 million has received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, 1,030,054 people have received a third dose, and 111,944 have received a fourth dose voluntarily.

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