Hyderabad: India's COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55-lakh mark on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.60 per cent.
There are 9,75,861active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 17.54 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 6,53,25,779 samples have been tested up to September 21, with 9,33,185 samples being tested on Monday.
