Downward Trend In Daily Covid Infections Continues As India Reports 1.73 Lakh New Cases At 45-Day Low

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> In some respite amid the ongoing Covid crisis, the number of fresh cases is gradually going down. The Union Health Ministry on Saturday informed that 1.73 lakh new cases have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in the last 45 days.</p> <p>2,84,601 people have also been recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |<span style="color: #e03e2d;"> <a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/3vwmnAQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1460727" aria-describedby="tooltip952278">Black Fungus Infects 400 People In Tamil Nadu, 75 Per Cent Cases Due To Post-Covid Complications</a></span></strong></p> <p><strong>Recovery rate increases to 90.80 percent</strong></p> <p>Health Ministry has informed that till date, 2,51,78,011 people have recovered from Covid-19. With this, the recovery rate in the country has increased to 90.80 percent. At the same time, the weekly positivity rate has now gone up to 9.84 percent, which has been less than ten percent for five consecutive days.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, 3,617 Covid patients succumbed to the disease on Friday.</p> <p>Besides this, a total of 34,11,19,909 sample tests have been conducted so far. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 20,80,48 samples were tested for Coronavirus in India yesterday. With this, a total of 34,11,19,909 sample tests have been done so far in the country.</p> <p>Maharashtra's daily Covid-19 deaths remained on the higher side while the state toll raced beyond the 93,000 mark, but new infections continue to dip, health officials said on Friday.</p> <p>Against 884 deaths on Thursday, the state reported 973 fatalities (424 fresh and 549 previous deaths), taking its toll to 93,198.</p> <p>After one month of lockdown, Delhi on Friday reported 1,141 new cases and the daily positivity rate stands below 2 percent from the last week.</p> <p>From the time when the lockdown was imposed in Delhi, till Friday (May 28), 11,590 people died due to Covid-19 infection. According to the data, till May 19, the total number of deaths related to Covid in Delhi was 12,361. The total number of deaths in the city is currently 23,591, with 139 deaths recorded on Friday.</p>

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