The cumulative COVID-19 testing in the country has crossed the 18 crore mark today and the country's COVID-19 recovery rate has reached 96.41 percent.

During the last 24 hours, more than nine lakh 16 thousand samples were tested and more than 19 thousand patients have recovered.

The Health Ministry said, during the last 24 hours,  The total number of recoveries has gone up to over one crore 56 thousand. The actual caseload currently comprises only 2.15 percent of the total positive cases. Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is around two lakh 24 thousand.

The Ministry said, currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate is 1.45 percent, which is one of the lowest globally. During the last 24 hours, 228 deaths were reported taking the toll to one lakh 50 thousand 798