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Number of India’s COVID-19 deaths crosses 3 lakh on May 23, 2021

-The Hindu

Only the United States and Brazil have registered more cumulative fatalities than India.

India’s cumulative COVID-19 fatalities crossed the 3 lakh-mark on May 23. With 4,452 deaths till 11.54 p.m. on May 23, the country has recorded 3,03,751 overall deaths. Only the United States and Brazil have registered more cumulative fatalities than India.

India also recorded 2,22,704 new cases on May 23. Tamil Nadu reported 35,483 infections, followed by Karnataka (25,979) and Kerala (25,820). Maharashtra recorded 894 casualties on the day, followed by Karnataka (624) and Tamil Nadu (422). Maharashtra’s fatalities include backlog deaths which were missed in the previous reports.

The figures do not include cases and deaths from Ladakh. The data are sourced from the respective States’ health bulletins.

As many as 21,23,782 samples were tested on May 22 (the results for which were made available on May 23), the highest-ever number of tests carried out in a single day in the country. This is the fourth instance when the daily tests have crossed the 20 lakh-mark. India’s average daily test positivity rate (TPR, positive cases identified for every 100 tests) continues to decline. It was 22.7% on May 9 and reduced to 13.4% as on May 22.

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