India recorded 41,965 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the number of total cases to 3,28,10,845. With 460 new fatalities, the death toll climbed to 4,39,020. Total recoveries since the pandemic began now stands at 3,19,93,644 with the addition of 33,964 new recoveries in the last 24 hours. The active cases of coronavirus infection in the country are now at 3,76,324 and comprise 1.15% of the total infections.

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Meanwhile, 16,06,785 tests were conducted on Tuesday, taking the total cumulative tests done so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 52,31,84,293. Health Ministry said the daily positivity rate stands at 2.61% and the weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 2.58%. It has been below 3% for the last 68 days.

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1.33 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday, which is the highest ever in a single day. The cumulative doses given under India’s vaccination drive has reached 65.41 crore. 

India’s COVID tally crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 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 last year. India crossed two crore cases on May 4 and three crore cases on June 23.

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Meanwhile, out of the 460 new fatalities reported on Tuesday, 115 were from Kerala and 104 from Maharashtra. The ministry said that 4,39,020 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,37,313 from Maharashtra, 37,318 from Karnataka, 34,921 from Tamil Nadu, 25,082 from Delhi, 22,823 from Uttar Pradesh, 20,788 from Kerala and 18,447 from West Bengal.

Over 70% of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities, the health ministry said.