coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,31,650, while the active cases increased to 1,14,475, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll climbed to 5,25,242 with 19 new fatalities. The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.53 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 611 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload on Tuesday and a total of 86.44 crore tests have been conducted so far with 4,51,312 tests conducted until yesterday.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.90 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.81 per cent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.