India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,062,569 on Tuesday with 2,483 new cases registered during the past 24 hours in the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. This is the seventh consecutive day when the number of daily new cases has surpassed the 2,000-mark, after lower tallies were reported in recent weeks. Meanwhile, 1,399 deaths due to the pandemic recorded since Monday morning took the death toll to 523,622. Read: Global Covid cases top 510 million This is a spike in the number of deaths in a single day, as the figure has been around 50 for the past few days. "The sudden rise in the number of deaths is because the state of Assam has reconciled 1,347 deaths today," said an official at the federal health ministry. There are currently 15,636 active COVID-19 cases reported in India, an increase of 886 in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases had been on the decline in the past two-and-a-half months, but started to rise in recent days. So far 42,523,311 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals in India, including 1,970 new recoveries recorded in the past 24 hours.

India has planned a two-day dry run in four of its states to check the micro-level preparedness for a nationwide Covid-19 inoculation drive.  

India's COVID-19 tally reached 9,644,222 on Sunday as 36,011 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.

India's COVID-19 tally reached 9,608,211 on Saturday as 36,652 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India reached 81,970 and the number of deaths rose to 2,649 on Friday, said the official data issued by the federal health ministry.