New Delhi, July 26 :

With ? 48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day,?India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to?13,85,522?on Sunday,?while the recoveries mounted to?8,85,576,?according to the Union Health Ministry data.?

The COVID-19 death toll in the country rose to 32,063 with 705 fatalities being recorded in?a day, the data updated at 8 am showed

There are 4,67,882?active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.Thus, around 63.92 per cent people have recovered so far

The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners

This is the fourth?consecutive?day when COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 45,000.?

The?number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed?the 16-million?mark in the country

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,62,91,331 samples have been tested up to July 25 with 4,42,263 samples being tested on Saturday, the highest in a day

Of the 705 deaths reported, 257 are from Maharashtra, 89 from Tamil Nadu, 72 from Karnataka, 52 from Andhra Pradesh, 42 from West Bengal, 39 from Uttar Pradesh, 29 from Delhi, 22 from Gujarat, 14 from Bihar, 12 from Jharkhand, 11 from Rajasthan and 10 from Odisha

Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir have reported nine fatalities each followed by Madhya Pradesh with eight deaths, Haryana seven, Kerela?five, Goa four, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Uttarakhand and Nagaland? three each, while Assam and Ladakh have registered a fatality each.(PTI)