71,106 people affected with corona virus cured so far; recovery rate improves to 42.88%: Health Ministry

New Delhi, May 29: Health and Family Welfare Ministry said that a total 71, 106 people affected with corona virus have cured and the recovery rate reached to 42.88 per cent in the country.

During the last 24 hours, 3, 414 people have recovered and 7,466 fresh cases of Covid-19 have been reported taking the total number of cases to 1,65,799.

This is the highest spike in fresh cases since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in India.

Health Ministry said, 175 deaths have been registered in last 24 hours taking the nationwide toll to 4,706.