India logged 1,968 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 133 days, raising the tally to 4,45,99,466, while the active cases declined to 34,598, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The death count climbed to 5,28,716 with 15 more fatalities, which included eight deaths reconciled by Kerala, data updated by the ministry at 8 am stated.
A total of 1,675 cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours on May 23.
The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said
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The state had recorded 67 infections and two fatalities on Monday.
The death count rose to 9,198 as a 52-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Jajpur district. Besides, 53 other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said.
The state now has 1,044 active cases, while 13,24,230 patients have recovered from the disease to date, including 194 in the last 24 hours.
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