New Delhi: For first time since mid-April, India’s daily caseload dropped below 2 lakh on Tuesday. According to the Union Health Ministry, country recorded 1,96,427 new coronavirus. There's a slight dip in the fatalities also. According to the health ministry data, 3,511 Covid deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The total number of patients discharge yesterday are 3,26,850.
With this, the total cases of Covid-19 recorded so far are 2,69,48,874 while the Death toll stands at 3,07,231 . As many as 2,40,54,861 patients have recovered and been discharged from the hispotals. There are at least 25,86,782 active casdes of Covid-19 present in the country.
- Total cases: 2,69,48,874
- Total discharges: 2,40,54,861
- Death toll: 3,07,231
- Active cases: 25,86,782
- Total vaccination: 19,85,38,999
ICM reported that total 33,25,94,176 samples for Covid-19 were tested up to 24th May including 20,58,112 samples tested in the past 24 hours.
Top five states that registered maximum cases are Tamil Nadu with 34,867 cases, followed by Karnataka with 25,311 cases, Maharashtra with 22,122 cases, West Bengal with 17,883 cases and Kerala with 17,821 cases, said the Health Ministry. 60.07 percent of the new cases were reported from these five states.
The Union Health Ministry meanwhile said that cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 19.84 crores (19,84,43,550) on Monday.