India logged 18,987 fresh Coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,40,20,730 on Thursday, while the national Covid recovery rate increased to 98.07 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data.

The death toll climbed to 4,51,435 with 246 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases have declined to 2,06,586, the lowest in 215 days. A decrease of 1067 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours.