Coronavirus India Cases: Fresh Cases Drop Taking Active Infections Below 24 Lakh

Fresh cases of Covid-19 in India dropped below 2 lakh, once again, taking active infections below 24 lakh for the first time in a month.

1.86 lakh people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on May 28. Recoveries during the same period were significantly higher at nearly 2.6 lakh.

As a result, active cases dropped to 23.4 lakh, still accounting for about 8.5% of the nation’s total caseload.

3,660 patients succumbed to the illness in the same day, taking India’s total death toll near 3.19 lakh.

To be sure, data on Covid-19 cases and related deaths may be severely deficient as several states have inadequate testing, chronic underreporting and have been attributing the casualties to other causes.

Key Figures

• Total confirmed cases: 2,75,55,457
• Active cases: 23,43,152
• Total patients cured/discharged: 2,48,93,410
• Total deaths: 3,18,895
• Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 1,86,364
• One-day recoveries: 2,59,459
• One-day deaths: 3,660
• Total vaccination shots administered: 20,57,20,660