Tripura: 17 more positive in state, total soars to 271

Seventeen more people have been tested positive to the Covid 19 on Saturday. A day after, 8 among the 10 Bangladesh returnees tested positive to the novel coronavirus 2 more Bangladesh returnees found to be positive along with 15 Maharatra returnees to the Covid 19. The total number of cases with this development surged to 271. However, Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath in an earlier press conference told reporters that 171 of positive cases already discharged.

Assam & Northeast

Assam has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases followed by Tripura.

India cases so far

The novel coronavirus has infected over 1.66 lakh people and claimed over 4706 lives as on May 29, 2020, morning, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. There are 89987 active cases with 71105 cases discharged and cured.

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Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross a thousand deaths. It has recorded 59546 corona cases with 18616 cured and 1982 deaths. The western state is followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Gujarat has corona 15562 cases with 8003 cured and 960 deaths. Tamil Nadu has registered 19372 cases with 10548 cured and 145 deaths. The National Capital with 16281 COVID-19 cases has crossed the 10 thousand mark on May 25^th, 2020. So far, 7495 have been cured in Delhi with 316 deaths.

India has already surpassed China’s official figure of 82,993 confirmed coronavirus cases. India is the 10^th most cases in the world. So far, the USA has the highest number of COVID-19 cases at 1.76 m.

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