New cases of coronavirus infection in India were recorded above 1,80,000 taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,38,73,825 according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The COVID-19 active caseload is 13,65,704 which now comprises 9.85 per cent of the total infections.
The recovery rate has increased to 96.86 per cent, the data stated.
A total of 1,84,372 new infections were registered in a day, while the death count increased to 1,72,085 with 1,027 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday stopped short of enforcing a lockdown but announced tough restrictions for the next 15 days that include a ban on gatherings and only essential activities to break the chain of Covid infections that he said were "exploding dangerously" in the state. "The war has begun again," he said, addressing the state on the massive surge in cases.
