India on Wednesday reported the highest number of single-day COVID-19 fatalities at 1,290, pushing the death toll to 82,091, while the countrywide tally of positive cases crossed the 50 lakh mark with an increase of 90,123 positive cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Wednesday morning.

Of  the 5,020,359 total COVID-19 positive cases, 3,942,360 patients have recovered. With it, India’s recovery rate stands at 78.52 per cent and the fatality rate at 1.63 per cent.