India's COVID-19 cases have crossed 62 lakh mark today with 80,472 infections being reported during the last 24 hours.<br />'' <br />''Health Ministry data said, the number of recoveries surged to 51,87,825 pushing the recovery rate to 83.33 per cent.<br />''   <br />''The total number of Corona virus cases mounted to 62,25,763, while the death toll climbed to 97,497 with 1,179 people succumbing to the disease in a day.<br />'' <br />''There are 9,40,441 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 15.11 per cent of the total caseload.<br />'' <br />''The case fatality rate stands at 1.57 per cent.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 7,41,96,729 samples have been tested for detection of Corona virus infection with 10,86,688 samples being tested on Tuesday.</span><br />