With 2,40,842 new Covid cases on Sunday, India's overall case count surged to 2,65,30,132. India has recorded over 77 lakh fresh cases in May so far as compared to 66.13 lakh cases in April.
3,741 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. More than 90 thousand deaths have been recorded this month so far compared to 45,000 deaths reported in April. The country's total Covid death count is nearing the 3 lakh-mark.
Meanehile, The government on Saturday evening said that the country has been witnessing a drop in positivity rate for the last two weeks