India coronavirus tally on Wednesday crossed the grim mark of 19 lakh cases while the death toll surged over 39,000 after the country reported a rise of 52,509 new COVID-19 cases and 857 fatalities during the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

According to the information available at the Union Health Ministry website, the novel coronavirus -- caused by SARS‑CoV‑2 -- has affected 19,08,255 people in India and claimed 39,795 lives, taking the fatality rate to 2.09 per cent. The active number of coronavirus cases in 5,86,244 while the recovery rate in the country stands at 67.19 per cent as 12,82,215 have recovered from the infection and discharged from hospitals.  

The coronavirus cases in India has crossed the 19 lakh-mark on a day when the country entered the third phase of the phase-wise upliftment of the coronavirus-induced lockdown or "Unlock 3.0". The government had imposed a lockdown from March 25 in order to break the chain of the deadly pathogen in India. However, the country has now entered the Unlock phase with the government uplifting the lockdown in a phase-wise manner.