India recorded 11,539 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, the total recovery rate reached around 98.59 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,37,12,218.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have decreased to 99,879, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 1,01,166.
A decrease of 1,287 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.23 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 88,24,95,963 samples have been tested up to August 20 for COVID-19. Of these 3,07,680 samples were tested on Saturday.
