India logs fresh 18,454 COVID cases, over 17,000 recoveries in 24 hours; active cases decline to 1.78 lakh

India recorded new 18,454 cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 160 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, the country saw a total of 17,561 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.15 per cent which is the highest since March 2020 and total recoveries data reached to 3,34,95,808.

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