NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 41,469,499 on Tuesday, as 167,059 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministryR17;s latest data.
Besides, as many as 1,192 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 496,242.
There are still 1,743,059 active COVID-19 cases in the country, despite a fall of 88,209 active cases during the past 24 hours. This was the eighth consecutive day when the number of active cases declined in the country.
A total of 39,230,198 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 254,076 were discharged during the past 24 hours.