India recorded 16,299 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, the total recovery rate reached at around 98.53 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,35,55,041.
A decrease of 3,185 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.28 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 87,92,33,251 samples have been tested up to August 10 for COVID-19. Of these 3,56,153 samples were tested on Wednesday.
