DATA STORY: Active cases see marginal decline as caseload crosses 33 mn

India on Monday reported a net decrease of 5,174 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 404,874. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.14 per cent (one in 47). The country is seventh among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 38,948 cases to take its total caseload to 33,027,621 from 32,988,673 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 219 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 440,752, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,523,089 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 687,541,762. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 32,181,995 – or 97.44 per cent of total caseload – with 43,903 new cured cases being reported on Monday.
 

Now the seventh-most-affected country by active cases, third by deaths, second by total cases, and first by recoveries, India has added 289,682 cases in the past 7 days.

India now accounts for 2.14% of all active cases globally (one in every 47 active cases), and 9.63% of all deaths (one in every 10 deaths).

India has so far administered 687,541,762 vaccine doses. That is 2081.71 per cent of its total caseload, and 49.27 per cent of its population.

Among Indian states, the top 5 in terms of number of vaccine shots administered are Uttar Pradesh (82361743), Maharashtra (67452023), Gujarat (52260344), Rajasthan (51407406), and Madhya Pradesh (51158748).

Among states with more than 10 million population, the top 5 in number of vaccine shots per one million population are Kerala (902231), Uttarakhand (837500), Gujarat (818199), Delhi (808600), and J&K (663497).

Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 27 days.

The count of active cases across India on Monday saw a net reduction of 5,174, compared to net addition of 4,367 on Sunday. States and UTs hat have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Andhra Pradesh (275), Odisha (35), Meghalaya (28), Puducherry (24), and Madhya Pradesh (8).

With 43,903 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.44%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.33%.

The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (2.74%), Uttarakhand (2.15%), and Maharashtra (2.12%). The rate in as many as 16 is higher than the national average.

India’s new daily closed cases stand at 44,122 — 219 deaths and 43,903 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 0.49%.

India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.1%.

India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 587.4 days, and for deaths at 1394.7 days.

Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Kerala (26701), Maharashtra (4057), Andhra Pradesh (1623), Tamil Nadu (1592), and Karnataka (1117).

Among states with more than 100,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Kerala (93.59%).

India on Sunday conducted 1,410,649 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 531,468,867. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.8%.

Five states with the highest test positivity rate (TPR) – percentage of tested people turning out to be positive for Covid-19 infection (by cumulative data for tests and cases – are Dadra & Nagar Haveli-Daman & Diu (14.73%), Goa (14.1%), Kerala (13.02%), Sikkim (12.68%), and Maharashtra (11.82%).

Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Kerala (17.17%), Sikkim (11.86%), Manipur (9.22%), Meghalaya (7.59%), and Mizoram (5.89%).

Among states and UTs with more than 10 million population, five that have carried out the highest number of tests (per million population) are Delhi (1389108), J&K (999463), Kerala (905388), Karnataka (655839), and Telangana (634286).

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (6486174), Kerala (4207838), Karnataka (2955164), Tamil Nadu (2622678), and Andhra Pradesh (2021325).

Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 4057 new cases to take its tally to 6486174.

Kerala, the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 26701 cases to take its tally to 4207838.

Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 1117 cases to take its tally to 2955164.

Tamil Nadu has added 1592 cases to take its tally to 2622678.

Andhra Pradesh has seen its tally going up by 1623 to 2021325.

Uttar Pradesh has added 18 cases to take its tally to 1709445.

Delhi has added 30 cases to take its tally to 1437959.