India's Covid-19 tally has risen to 28,175,044 with 127,510 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, says the federal health ministry, APP reports.

The daily spike of new cases has been falling over the past couple of weeks and the number of cases registered in a day has fallen to the lowest level in nearly two months.

Besides, 2,795 deaths have been reported since Sunday morning, taking the death toll to 331,895.

There are still 1,895,520 active cases in the country with a decrease of 130,572 in the past 24 hours.

A total of 25,947,629 people has been cured and discharged from hospitals across the country, shows the latest data from the federal health ministry.

An Indian health worker in a protective suit takes the swab of a village woman to test for Covid-19 in Burha Mayong village, Morigaon district of Assam, India, May 22. — AP
An Indian health worker in a protective suit takes the swab of a village woman to test for Covid-19 in Burha Mayong village, Morigaon district of Assam, India, May 22. — AP

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