DW BUREAU / shimla Three more people died of coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 58, while 43 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 7,704. According to state health department data, the latest fatalities were reported from Shimla. Solan accounts for 15 of the total COVID-19 deaths in the state, followed by 10 fatalities in Kangra, eight in Mandi, seven in Shimla, five each in Hamirpur, Chamba and Una, and three in Sirmaur. The number of active cases in the state has also climbed to 2,267, Special Secretary (health) Nipun Jindal said. Of the 43 fresh cases, 20 were reported from Hamirpur, seven each from Solan and Shimla, five from Bilaspur and four from Kangra, he said.The total number of recoveries in the state has risen to 5,366, the official said, adding that 11 patients have migrated out of the state. Solan has the highest number of active cases in the state at 476, followed by Kangra (393), Sirmaur (236), Una (211), Hamirpur (187), Chamba (158), Bilaspur (152), Mandi (152), Shimla (151), Kullu (106), Kinnaur (33) and Lahaul-Spiti (12), the data added. Recording over 90,000 new cases for two days in a row, India's COVID-19 tally rose by 75,809 in the last 24 hours to reach 42,80,422 on Tuesday, while a record 1,133 fatalities took the death toll to 72,775, the Union health ministry data showed. During the same period, the number of recoveries surged to 33,23,950 pushing the recovery rate to 77.65 per cent, according to the data updated at 8 am on Tuesday.The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.7 per cent. According to the data, there are 8,83,697 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 20.65 per cent of the total caseload. India's tally of coronavirus infection crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, reached 30 lakh on August 23 and went past 40 lakh on September 5. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the number of tests conducted for detection of COVID-19 in India has reached 5,06,50,128 with 10,98,621 samples being tested on Monday. Of the fresh deaths, 423 were reported from Maharashtra, 141 from Karnataka, 89 from Tamil Nadu. (editor@dailyworld.in)