India's coronavirus cases breached the 85 lakh- mark with 45,674 new infections, 559 deaths being reported in a day, data updated by the Union Health Ministry at 8.00 am on Sunday showed. More than 78 lakh people recovered from the disease, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.49 percent, according to Union Health Ministry data.

The total coronavirus cases mount to 8,507,754 lakh, while the death toll climbed to 1,26,121. A total of 78,68,968 people have recovered from COVID-19 so far pushing the national recovery rate to 92.49 percent, while the case fatality rate has further declined to 1.48 percent.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 11,77,36,791 samples have been tested up to November 7 with 11,94,487 samples being tested on Saturday.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 remained below 6 lakh for the ninth consecutive day. There are 5,12,665 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 6.03 percent of the total caseload, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and 40 lakh on September 5.