Bhubaneswar, June 2 -- New Delhi: The novel coronavirus death toll rose to 5,598 in India on Tuesday with 204 more fatalities, while 8,171 new cases took the number of infections to 1,98,706, the Health Ministry said.

The active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) climbed to 97,581 and as many as 95,526 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the data.

India reports 8,171 new #COVID19 cases & 204 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Total number of cases in the country now at 1,98,706 including 97,581 active cases, 5,598 deaths, 95,527 cured/discharged/migrated cases

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Around 48.07 per cent patients have recovered so far, a ministry ...