India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,197,522 on Thursday, as 7,240 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.

Besides, eight deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since Wednesday morning took the total death toll to 524,723.

There are still 32,498 active COVID-19 cases in the country with an increase of 3,641 active cases during the past 24 hours.

So far, 42,640,301 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, of whom 3,591 were discharged during the past 24 hours.