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India comes in second place in terms of cases at 7,651,107, while the country's death toll soared to 115,914.

The United States remains the nation hit the worst by the pandemic, with the world's highest caseload and death toll, accounting for nearly 20 per cent of the global deaths.

So far, a total of 37,89,460 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the State out of which 2,20,675 have tested positive and 1,96,636 persons have recovered.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 7,120,538, while the country's death toll soared to 109,150.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 7,711,079 and 214,337, respectively, according to the CSSE.

A total of 2,239 persons have recovered on Tuesday, taking the cumulative Covid-19 recoveries in the State to 1, 77, 008 with a recovery rate of 86.45 percent.

Between Sunday and Monday, 50, 598 Covid tests were conducted in the State while reports of another 858 samples are awaited.