
On Wednesday, India reported 39,571 new COVID-19 infections and 305 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, India has reported 8,352,518 COVID-19 cases and 123,955 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9.7 million infections and 238,746 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8.3 million cases and 123,955 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.5 million cases and 160,548 deaths, Russia with 1.6 million cases and 29,217 deaths, and France with 1.5 million cases and 38,289 coronavirus related deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 48 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 216 countries and territories.