India recorded 8,813 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, nearly half of what was recorded yesterday. Also, India recorded 29 deaths due to the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday (August 16), the total recovery rate reached around 98.56 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,36,38,844.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have significantly decreased to 1,11,252, the health ministry data showed today. A decrease of 6,256 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

