Nearly 48k cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours in India took the tally to near 15-lakh mark

New Delhi: With a single-day increase of 47,703 Covid-19 cases, India's virus tally mounted to 14,83,156 on Tuesday, while the recoveries surged to 9,52,743.

There are 4,96,988 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently.

According to the data, the recovery rate among Covid-19 patients is 64.24 per cent, while the fatality-rate is 2.25 per cent.

This is the sixth consecutive day that Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 45,000.