10,000 mark with 9,062 fresh infections reported on 17 August and 8,813 on 16 August. The active cases in the country declined to 1,01,343, according to the Union Health Ministry updated data.
The national death toll climbed to 5,27,206 with 72 fatalities, including 29 fatalities by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprised 0.23 per cent of the total infections, as the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.58 per cent, the health ministry said.
A decline of 3,715 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.48 per cent, and weekly at 4.20 per cent, according to the health ministry.