With 18,522 people testing positive for COVID-19 in a single day, India's case count reached 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data.

IMAGE: A man carrying a sack walks past a graffiti of a healthcare worker during a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

The number of active cases stands at 2,15,125, while 3,34,821 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, according to the updated data at 8 am.

"Thus, around 59.07 per cent of patients have recovered so far," an official said.

IMAGE: A health-worker wearing personal protective equipment (checks the temperature of a woman uduring a check-up campaign for the coronavirus disease, at a slum area in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners.

IMAGE: Labourers work to convert Commonwealth Games Village (CWG) indoor stadium into a dedicated COVID-19 care centre, as coronavirus cases increase in the national capital, in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo

Of the 418 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 181 are from Maharashtra; 62 from Tamil Nadu; 57 from Delhi; 19 each from Gujarat and Karnataka; 14 from West Bengal; 12 from Uttar Pradesh; 11 from Andhra Pradesh; nine from Haryana; seven from Madhya Pradesh; six each from Rajasthan and Telangana; five from Punjab; three from Jharkhand; two each from Bihar and Odisha and one each from Assam, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand.

18\,522 new cases take India\'s COVID-19 tally to 5.66L

18,522 new cases take India's COVID-19 tally to 5.66 lakh