India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,018,032 on Saturday, as 1,660 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. Besides, as many as 4,100 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Friday morning, taking the total death toll to 520,855. This sudden rise in the number of deaths in the country was because "4,005 deaths were reconciled by Maharashtra," said a senior official at the federal health ministry. Read: 11 dead in India godown fire There are still 16,741 active COVID-19 cases in the country even as there was a fall of 4,789 active cases during the past 24 hours. So far 42,480,436 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 2,349 were discharged during the past 24 hours.