COVID-19: India Reports 18,522 Fresh Cases, Tally Rises to 5.66 Lakh

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 566,840 as 18,522 more persons tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the Union Health Ministry, the Coronavirus death toll in the country stood at 16,893 with the addition of 418 fatalities during the same period.

Meanwhile, as many as 13,099 patients recovered from the respiratory disease between Monday and Tuesday morning, taking total number of recovered cases to 334,821.

There are 215,125 active cases of the coronavirus disease, the Health Minister stated.