Covid-19: Tally cross 19-lakh mark; death toll almost 40k

New Delhi: India's Covid-19 infection tally raced past 19 lakh on Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 18-lakh mark, with 52,509 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in a day, while the recoveries have mounted to 12,82,215.

The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients has risen to 67.19 per cent while the fatality rate has further dropped to 2.09 per cent, the data stated.

This is the seventh consecutive day that Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000.