new delhi indias covid19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on tuesday while a record 101468 patients recovered in a day taking their number to 4497867 and pushing the recovery rate to 8086 per cent the union health ministry data showedthe coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 5562663 with 75083 new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours while the death toll climbed to 88935 as the virus claimed 1053 more lives during the same period according to the data updated at 8 amthe covid19 case fatality rate was recorded at 160 per centthere are 975861 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 1754 per cent of the total caseload the data statedindias covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on august 7 30 lakh on august 23 40 lakh on september 5 and it went past 50 lakh on september 16according to the indian council of medical research a cumulative total of 65325779 samples have been tested up to september 21 with 933185 samples being tested on monday