India recorded 15,754 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday (August 19), the total recovery rate reached at around 98.58 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,36,85,535.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have decreased to 1,01,830, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 1,01,343.
An increase of 487 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), 88,18,73,052 samples have been tested up to August 18 for COVID-19. Of these 4,54,491 samples were tested on Thursday.
