Hyderabad: India's COVID-19 tally increased to 19,08,254 with 52,509 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 39,795 with 857 fresh fatalities being reported in 24-hours on Wednesday.
A total of 12,82,215 people have recovered, while there are 5,86,244 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently.
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has risen to 67.19 per cent, while the fatality rate has further dropped to 2.09 pc, the data stated.