India logs 2,338 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, down 13.59% from yesterday

There has been an increase of 185 in the active COVID-19 caseload in the last 24 hours. The country now has 17,883 active cases of coronavirus

FP Staff|May 31, 2022, 11:01:01 IST

India added 2,338 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Tuesday morning.

The fresh infections reported on Tuesday were 13.59 per cent lower than 2,706 new cases of COVID-19 reported by the health ministry on Monday. The country coronavirus case tally has now risen to 4,31,58,087 (4 crore 31 lakh 58 thousand and 87).

The daily COVID-19 positivity rate has come down to 0.64 per cent in the last 24 hours, from 0.97 per cent on Monday. The weekly positivity rate is at 0.61 per cent.

Of the new cases, Karnataka reported 166 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The state has, however, witnessed a decline by 75 cases compared to the previous day.

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