COVID: India reports 2,706 new cases, 25 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 17,698

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COVID: India reports 2,706 new cases, 25 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 17,698.

Highlights

India saw a total of 2,070 COVID discharges in the last 24 hours
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,611
An increase of 611 cases has been recorded in the active COVID caseload in a span of 24 hours

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 2,706 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 25 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Monday (May 30), the country saw a total of 2,070 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.74 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,26,13,440.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 17,698, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 17,087.

An increase of 611 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.

The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,611. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

ICMR Testing:

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 85,00,77,409 samples have been tested up to May 29 for COVID-19. Of these 2,78,267 samples were tested on Sunday.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.97 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 0.58 per cent, according to the ministry.

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Delhi COVID tally:

Meanwhile, Delhi on Sunday logged 357 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.83 per cent, while no new death was reported due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department. This is the third consecutive day when no death due to coronavirus has been recorded in the city.

The fresh cases pushed the capital's COVID-19 tally to 19,06,311, while the death toll stood at 26,208. A total of 19,478 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the national capital the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi on Saturday recorded 442 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.02 per cent.

On Friday, the national capital reported 445 COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate stood at 2.04 per cent. On Thursday, 403 COVID-19 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 1.76 per cent and one death.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*		Cured/Discharged/Migrated*		Deaths**
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday
		Total	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Change since yesterday	Cumulative	Death During Day (a)	Death Reconciled (b)	Total (a+b)
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	4	1	9912		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	47	8	2305140	12	14731
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1		64208		296
4	Assam	5	1	716237		7986
5	Bihar	43	1	818464	10	12256
6	Chandigarh	100	2	91141	13	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	52	6	1138345	9	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	1624	17	1878479	374	26208
10	Goa	115	14	241823	4	3832
11	Gujarat	208	8	1213971	20	10944
12	Haryana	1105	61	990680	215	10621
13	Himachal Pradesh	41	1	280870	4	4136
14	Jammu and Kashmir	67	4	449423	4	4752
15	Jharkhand	17	2	429996	2	5319
16	Karnataka	2041	143	3909592	98	40106
17	Kerala***	5276	205	6480516	618	69723		23	23
18	Ladakh	3	1	28033	1	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	305	7	1031477	37	10736
21	Maharashtra	2997	225	7735088	324	147859	1		1
22	Manipur	6		135110		2120
23	Meghalaya	5		92228		1593
24	Mizoram	161	6	227439	13	698
25	Nagaland	2		34735		760
26	Odisha	121	12	1279184	21	9126
27	Puducherry	19	2	163873	3	1962
28	Punjab	135	5	742440	14	17752
29	Rajasthan	657	47	1275447	26	9556
30	Sikkim	0		38713		452
31	Tamil Nadu	448	36	3416814	41	38025
32	Telangana	419	4	788646	47	4111
33	Tripura	0		99964		923
34	Uttarakhand	477	5	429704	2	7693
35	Uttar Pradesh	853	22	2055180	124	23519
36	West Bengal	344	3	1997781	34	21204	1		1
Total#		17698	611	42613440	2070	524611	2	23	25
***Kerala: 0 Death in last 24 Hrs; 2 Death declared in the last 24 hours but of previous days because of late receiving of documents; 21 Deaths declared as per appeal G.O(Rt) No.2110/2021/H&FWD(appeal cases filed)
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )