India saw a single-day rise of 12,608 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,42,98,864, while the active cases declined to 1,01,343, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on August 18.
The national death toll climbed to 5,27,206 with 72 fatalities, including 29 fatalities by Kerala, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated.
The active cases comprised 0.23% of the total infections, as the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.58%, the Health Ministry said.
