India's COVID-19 tally reaches 27,729,247 as daily spike remains below 200,000
NEW DELHI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally reached 27,729,247 on Saturday, with 173,790 new cases added during the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry.
Besides, as many as 3,617 deaths since Friday morning took the death toll to 322,512.
There are still 2,228,724 active cases in the country, with a decrease of 114,428 cases in the past 24 hours. The number of daily active cases has been on the decline over the past few days after a continuous surge since mid-April.