Daily death count drops below 4K in past 24 hours

New Delhi: India registered 2,11,298 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 3,847 casualties in the past 24 hours, according to the data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.

The fresh addition took the cumulative caseload to 2,73,69,093 while the death toll soared to 3,15,235.

The active caseload in the country is 24,19,907 comprising 8.84 per cent of the total infections while 2,46,33,951 people have recovered from disease so far amounting 90.01 per cent of recovery rate. The case fatality rate stands at 1.15 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of 33,69,69,353 samples have been tested so far for coronavirus. Of this, 21,57,857 were tested in the past one day.

On the vaccination front, a total of 20,26,95,874 people have been vaccinated across the country till now with 18,85,805 administered in the last 24 hours.

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#COVID19 India Tracker
(As on 27 May, 2021, 08:00 AM)

Confirmed cases: 2,73,69,093
Recovered: 2,46,33,951 (90.01%)
Active cases: 24,19,907 (8.84%)
Deaths: 3,15,235 (1.15%)#IndiaFightsCorona#Unite2FightCorona#StaySafe @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/L4BslkphKL

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) May 27, 2021 >

24,752 fresh cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra

Meanwhile, during the past 24 hours, 24,752 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the Maharashtra state, taking the total number of infections to 56,50,960.The state also registered 453 more deaths, taking the death toll to 91,341.

Meanwhile, 23,065 patients recovered in the state, taking the total number of recoveries to 52,41,833.The state's recovery rate currently stands at 92.76 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.62 per cent.

At present, there are 3,15,042 active cases across the state undergoing treatment at various COVID-19 centres and hospitals, added the health authorities.Meanwhile, strict restrictions have been extended till May 31.(UNI)

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