Coronavirus | India records 2,76,059 fresh COVID-19 instances, 3,876 deaths on May 19, 2021

India recorded 2,76,059 COVID-19 instances and 3,876 deaths until 11.54 p.m. on May 19. The nation has thus far reported 2,57,71,405 instances and a pair of,87,156 deaths.

Tamil Nadu reported 34,875 new infections, adopted by Karnataka (34,281) and Maharashtra (34,031). Maharashtra recorded 594 casualties on the day, adopted by Karnataka (468) and Tamil Nadu (365).

The figures don’t embody instances and deaths from Ladakh. The knowledge is sourced from the respective States’ well being bulletins.

As many as 20,08,296 samples have been examined on May 18 (the outcomes for which have been made out there on May 19), which is round 1.39 lakh extra exams than these carried out on May 17. This is the primary occasion when each day exams in India have crossed the 20-lakh mark. The common each day check positivity charge (optimistic instances recognized for each 100 exams) continues to say no. It was 22.7% on May 9 and got here all the way down to 16.9% as on May 19.

Only 13.12 lakh vaccine doses have been administered within the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. on May 19, which is sort of 2 lakh doses lower than what was recorded within the earlier 24 hours. It can also be 11.34 lakh doses lower than what was recorded in the identical interval, one week in the past. As on May 18, India administered a mean of 14.68 lakh doses each day which is considerably lesser than the common each day doses given as on April 18 which stood at 27.6 lakh.