The COVID-19 tally of India crossed 1.45 lakh Tuesday. States like Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, and Odisha records a big rise in their numbers amid the large-scale return of migrant workers from other states.

The numbers also rose further within the worst-hit states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu, while Delhi, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, also reported more new cases.

Indian Railways has ferried over 44 lakh migrant workers on board 3,276 'Shramik Special' trains since May Day. Consistent with Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri, a further 41,673 people had traveled to their home states via flights till 5 pm on Tuesday.

Several States have announced mandatory institutional quarantine on arrival as all are alarmed by the fresh spike in cases created by the mass movement.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court directed the central and government to right away provide adequate transport arrangements, food, and shelters freed from cost to migrant laborers stranded across the country thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Rahul Gandhi accuses the Modi government of failing in controlling the COVID-19 spread through the nationwide lockdown. Rahul has asked the Centre to make it's Plan B to contain the pandemic public.

The Union Health Ministry, however, said the recovery rate for COVID-19 cases within the country has seen an upwards trend and is best than many other countries, while the fatality has fallen further.

Lav Agarwal at a press conference said, "The recovery rate in India continues to be on the rise and is presently 41.61 per cent. The COVID-19 death rate has reduced from 3.3 per cent on April 15 to 2.87 per cent which is among rock bottom within the world."

India is now among the ten worst-hit countries by the novel Coronavirus and a number of other experts have attributed the surge in cases to easing travel restrictions and movement of migrants besides enhanced testing capacity.

The Coronavirus casualties in Delhi itself has mounted to 288, while 412 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection were reported during the day, taking the virus tally within the city to 14,465.

With 193 fresh positive cases, the count in West Bengal crosses 4000-mark. Besides, a minimum of five persons has died thanks to the infection within the last 24 hours, taking the price within the state to 211.

In Kerala, 67 new cases were reported, the highest single-day spike thus far. The entire COVID tally within the state has touched 963 with 415 presently under treatment and over 1.4 lakh under observation.

Tamil Nadu saw its tally of confirmed cases rising to 17,728 and therefore the price to 127.

AIIMS director Randeep Guleria reportedly insists that this rise in cases so far is reported largely from the hotspots but there's an opportunity of further rise thanks to cross-border migrant movement.

He said there was a requirement for more intense surveillance and monitoring in areas where migrants have returned to contain the spread of the disease.