India Coronavirus Update, May 29: India becomes ninth worst-hit country; Goa, Haryana bat for lockdown extension

Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Latest Update, 29 May: A record jump of 7,466 infections and 175 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours from across the country, the health ministry said. Of the total, 4,704 are the number of casualties, 89,987 are active cases and 7,1105 people have been treated and discharged so far.

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Coronavirus India Updates: With India reporting a total of 1,65,799 coronavirus cases till Friday, the country has now overtaken Turkey, which has 160,979 cases, to become the ninth worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. A jump of 7,466 infections and 175 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours from across the country, the health ministry said. India has recorded 4,704 deaths, 89,987 active cases and 7,1105 people have been treated and discharged so far. The recovery rate stands at 42.89 per cent.

On Thursday, Delhi reported over 1,000 cases taking the tally to 16,281, of which nearly 7,500 have recovered. In terms of maximum cases in cities across India, Delhi is now at the second position after Mumbai, which has over 35,000 infections. However, the growth rate in the city, which is 4,89,  is still below the national average of 5.02 per cent. The growth rate in Bihar, Assam, Kerala and Maharashtra are higher than the national data.