The country reported the highest single day spike of 38,902 new infections in the last 24 hours.
With the new cases, tally of COVID-19 cases reached 10,77,618 including 3,73,379 active cases.
Death count rose to 26,816 with 543 new deaths in the last 24 hours.
1,37,91,869 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till July 18, according Indian Council of Medical Research.
India is the third country after America and Brazil to cross the 10-lakh mark.
