COVID: India reports 2,685 new cases, 33 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 16,308

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COVID: India reports 2,685 new cases, 33 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 16,308.

Highlights

India saw a total of 2,158 COVID discharges in the last 24 hours
An increase of 494 cases has been recorded in the active COVID caseload in a span of 24 hours
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,572

COVID-19 India News Updates: India recorded 2,685 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 33 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (May 28), the country saw a total of 2,158 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.75 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,26,09,335.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 16,308, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 15,814.

An increase of 494 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 5,24,572. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.

The daily positivity rate has recahed to 0.60% on Saturday.

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Delhi COVID tally:

Meanwhile, Delhi reported 445 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the city's health department. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in the national capital was recorded at 2.04 per cent, data showed.

With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally increased to 19,05,512 while the death toll stands at 26,208, the department said in its latest bulletin.

A total of 21,816 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the capital the previous day, it said.

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	2	9910		129
2	Andhra Pradesh	61	1	2305108	3	14731
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1		64208	1	296
4	Assam	3	1	716237		7986
5	Bihar	43	9	818437	11	12256
6	Chandigarh	94	17	91100	6	1165
7	Chhattisgarh	55		1138328	7	14034
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	0		11437		4
9	Delhi	1661	101	1877198	503	26208	1		1
10	Goa	101	3	241787	15	3832
11	Gujarat	204	12	1213887	19	10944
12	Haryana	1106	65	990062	217	10621
13	Himachal Pradesh	45		280844	5	4136
14	Jammu and Kashmir	64	5	449404	3	4752
15	Jharkhand	21	1	429988	3	5318
16	Karnataka	1777	22	3909248	175	40106
17	Kerala***	4512	199	6478900	572	69655		12	12
18	Ladakh	3	1	28030	1	228
19	Lakshadweep	0		11350		52
20	Madhya Pradesh	307	11	1031336	42	10736
21	Maharashtra	2361	186	7734110	324	147858	1		1
22	Manipur	2	1	135110		2120
23	Meghalaya	3	1	92227		1593
24	Mizoram	164	2	227393	27	698
25	Nagaland	1		34735		760
26	Odisha	120	1	1279155	12	9126
27	Puducherry	22	5	163861	5	1962
28	Punjab	109	4	742397	21	17752
29	Rajasthan	491	4	1275364	61	9555
30	Sikkim	2	1	38711	1	452
31	Tamil Nadu	387	16	3416687	43	38025
32	Telangana	417	19	788516	28	4111
33	Tripura	0		99964		923
34	Uttarakhand	484	9	429677	11	7693
35	Uttar Pradesh	828	2	2054804	143	23519
36	West Bengal	361	3	1997667	37	21203
Total#		15814	400	42607177	2296	524539	-18	12	14
***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; 30 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 )