At 4,529 India records highest daily death toll, 2,67,334 new Covid cases

New Delhi, May 19: India reported a total of 2,67,334 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the third consecutive day when cases have come below the 3-lakh mark for India. While the cases seem to be falling, the daily death is still on the rise, with the country recording its highest one-day toll of 4,529 deaths in last 24 hours.

The active cases have further reduced to 32,26,719 comprising 12.66 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 86.23 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,19,86,363 while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.11 per cent, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore on May 4.

According to the ICMR, 32,03,01,177 samples have been tested up to May 18 with 20,08,296 samples being tested on Tuesday.