46,790 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally nears 7.6 million

46,790 new cases of Covid-19 and 587 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours as India’s infection tally went up to 7,597,063, according to the Union health ministry on Tuesday.

For the fourth day in a row, the active cases dropped below the 800,000 mark, according to the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard.

The number of recovered stands at 6,733,328 across the country and the recovery rate has gone up to 88.63%.

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, which have been the most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, have seen a decline in the number of Covid-19 cases since the last one month.