
On Wednesday, India reported 17,487 new COVID-19 infections and 125 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, India has reported 8,006,340 COVID-19 cases and 120,179 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9 million infections and 232,291 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8 million cases and 120,179 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.4 million cases and 157,981 deaths, Russia with 1.5 million cases and 26,935 deaths, and Spain with 1.1 million infections and 35,298 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 44 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 188 countries and territories.