India, May 24 -- India's COVID-19 case tally rose by 1,675 to reach 4,31,40,068, while the number of active infections increased marginally to 14,841, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday morning.

Death toll has climbed to 5,24,490 with 31 fatalities reported from Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

Active cases, which rose by nine in a day, comprised 0.03 % of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was 98.75 % , the health ministry said.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.41 % and the weekly positivity rate was 0.49 %, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,26,00,737, while the case fatality rate was recorded at ...