NEW DELHI: India recorded new 75,809 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday the lowest in a week taking the caseload in the country to 42,04,613.
Meanwhile, the highest daily deaths from COVID-19 in more than a month were also reported on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the Health Ministry showed.
The Union Health Ministry said 1,133 people had died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest since July.
Out of the total 42,04,613 cases, 8,836,97 are active cases; 33,23,950 have recovered so far while 72,775 lost the battle against the deadly virus.
While the recovery rate was at a whopping high of 77.65 per cent, the fatality rate stands at 1.70 per cent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shows.
The last highest deaths recorded due to the virus on a single day was on July 23, when 1,129 died in 24 hours.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh are the worst-hit states. These five states account for over 62 per cent of the active cases, according to the Health Ministry.
According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted a record 10,98,621 tests in a single day on Monday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 5,06,50,128.
India surpassed Brazil on Monday to become the second worst-hit country after the United States with 42,80,442 COVID-19 cases since the first was reported on January 30. The US has recorded 63,00,431 cases and 1,89,206 deaths so far, since the virus was first detected in China’s Wuhan in December 2019.