India reported 1,34,154 fresh Covid-19 infections in 24 hours, taking the case to 28,440,988, as per Health Ministry data. Fresh COVID cases continued to fall as it has been seven days since cases have not reached the 200,000-mark.
For the straight 44th consecutive day over 2,000 daily Covid deaths have been reported from the country. With 2,887 new records, the death record is now at 3,37,989, according to Health Ministry. It continues to stand in the second of worst hit nation.
India’s overall tally of Covid-19 cases presently stands at 2,84,41,986 with 17,13,413 active cases and 3,37,989 deaths.
According to the Health Ministry, a total of 2,11,499 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, The recovery rate stands at 92.48%.
The Health Ministry said that a total of 22,10,43,693 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 24,26,265 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 35,37,82,648 samples have been tested up to June 2 for Covid-19. Of these 21,59,873 samples were tested on Wednesday.
On June 1, India recorded 1,27,510 cases lowest since April 8.
India registered record fatalities due to Covid on May 21 with 4,529 deaths — the highest from Covid infection in any country in a day since the coronavirus outbreak was reported in China’s Wuhan in December 2019. It caused 4,468 deaths in the US on January 12, and earlier 4,211 in Brazil on April 6.
With 25,317 cases reported in the past 24 hours, Tamil Nadu is leading the state list. It is followed by Karnataka with 19,661 new infections. Maharashtra reported 15,169 new cases. Kerala 19,760, and Andhra Pradesh 12,768 cases. The case count was 8,923 for West Bengal.
