With nearly 70,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Tuesday neared the 37 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 65,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 36,91,167 cases, which include 7,85,996 active cases; 28,39,883 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 65,288 deaths.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as many as 69,921 new COVID-19 cases and 819 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, marking a significant spike.

Total coronavirus cases in the worst-hit state of Maharashtra have is nearing the 8 lakh-mark.

Maharashtra is followed by Andhra Pradesh with 4,34,771 cases. The state crossed Tamil Nadu to take up second place in the list due to a recent massive surge in the number of cases.

Tamil Nadu is third on the list with 4,28,041 cases.

After Tamil Nadu comes Karnataka, where the COVID-19 figure stands at 3,42,423 cases with 2,49,467 patients recovered, and 5,702 fatalities. Uttar Pradesh has reported 2,30,414 cases of which 1,72,140 have recovered and 3,486 patients are dead.

Delhi has reported 1,74,748 positive cases so far of which 1,55,678 patients have recovered and 4,444 patients have lost their lives due to the virus. In West Bengal, as many as 1,62,778 people have confirmed COVID-19, of which 1,34,270 recovered and 3,228 people succumbed to it.

In Kerala, which reported the country's first COVID-19 case, 75,385 people have been detected positive for coronavirus so far.