new delhi indias covid19 tally increased to 1855745 with 52050 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day while the recoveries crossed the 12lakh mark on tuesday according to the union health ministry datathe death toll due to covid19 climbed to 38938 with 803 fresh fatalities being reported in 24hours the data updated at 8 am showeda total of 1230509 people have recovered while there are 586298 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presentlythe recovery rate among covid19 patients has risen to 6631 per cent while the fatality rate has further dropped to 210 pc the data statedthe total number of confirmed cases also includes foreignersthis is the sixth consecutive day that covid19 cases have increased by more than 50000according to the icmr a cumulative total of 20864750 samples have been tested up to august 2 with 661892 samples being tested on monday the highest done in a day so far scientist and media coordinator at icmr dr lokesh sharma saida total of 10532074 tests for detection of coronavirus infection have been performed with per day average of 339744 tests in july the highest number of tests conducted in a month so far sharma saidthere are 917 labs in the government sector and 439 labs in the private sector for conducting covid19 tests