NEW DELHI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,131,822 on Friday, with 2,259 new cases registered in the past 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
A further 20 deaths from the pandemic were reported in India, taking the death toll to 524,323.
There are currently 15,044 active COVID-19 cases registered in the country, a fall of 375 in the past 24 hours.
So far, 42,592,455 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals in India, including 2,614 new recoveries recorded in the past 24 hours. ■