India logged a single day rise of 6,594 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,36,695 while the active cases have increased to 50,548 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday at 8 am

The active cases comprise 0.12 % of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.67 %.
An increase of 2,553 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
According to the health ministry the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.05 % while the weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 2.32 % .

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,61,370, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 %.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 195.35 crore.
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. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.