Daily COVID-19 cases in India were recorded over 20,000 after a gap of 145 days while the active cases increased to 136,076, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. A total of 20,139 new COVID-19 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the total tally of cases to 43,689,989. The death toll climbed to 525,557 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.