India recorded 27,071 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours and 336 deaths that took the overall tally to 98,84,100 on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Since July this is the second time that India has been in the 27,000-cases zone. It was on July 10 that 27,114 fresh cases were reported. Cases have only dipped a handful number of times since its steady surge starting June-end and touching crescendo in September with nearly 98,000 cases a day.