India registered 18,454 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, 26.2% higher than yesterday. As many as 160 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, increasing the total death count to 4,52,811. With fresh cases, the country’s overall caseload has now mounted to 3,41,27,450, while the active caseload stood at 1,78,831.