India reports 9,923 new Covid cases, 17 deaths

New-Delhi: India on Tuesday registered 9,923 new cases and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active cases increased to 79,313 in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data and the death toll climbed to 5,24,890.

A total of 7,293 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total recoveries to 4,27,15,193 across the country. The recovery rate now stands at 98.61 per cent.

The top five states which have registered maximum cases are Kerala with 2,786 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 2,354 cases, Delhi with 1,060 cases, Tamil Nadu with 686 cases and Haryana with 684 cases.

India has administered a total of 13,00,024 doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 1,96,32,43,003.

A total of 3,88,641 samples were tested in the last 24 hours