India on Saturday recorded 1,73,790 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally past 27.7 million, according to the Union Health Ministry. This is the third time in this month that the country recorded less than two lakh COVID-19 cases. With 2,84,601 patients recovered during the last 24 hours, a total of 2,51,78,011 recoveries reported across the country so far. The active caseload further declined to 22,28,724 with a decrease of 1,14,428 in the last 24 hours. With 31,079 cases reported in the past 24 hours, Tamil Nadu is at the top of the list.

Source: dna May 29, 2021 04:30 UTC