DATA STORY: At 22,065, India's single-day jump in total Covid-19 cases lowest since July 3

India on Tuesday reported a net reduction of 12,766 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 339,820, the lowest level since July 16. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 1.68 per cent (one in 60). The country added 22,065. The lowest in a day since July 3, to take its total caseload to 9,906,165. And with 354 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 143,709, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India now stands at 9,422,636 – or 95.12 per cent of total caseload – with 34,477 new cured cases being reported on Tuesday.

 

• With a daily increase of 22,065 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 9,884,100 on Sunday to 9,906,165 – an increase of 0.2%. Death toll has reached 143,709, with 354 fatalities in a day. The eighth-most-affected country by active cases, third by fatality, and second by total and recovered cases, India has added 202,395 cases in the past 7 days.
• India now accounts for 1.68% of all active cases globally (one in every 60 active cases), and 8.83% of all deaths (one in every 11 deaths).
• Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 27 days.
• The count of active cases across India has seen a net decline of 12766, compared with 3960 on Monday. The states that have reported the highest increase in active cases are Meghalaya (23), Assam (20), Jharkhand (10), A&N Islands (8), and D&NH-D&D (2).
• With 34,477 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has improved to 95.12%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.45%.
• The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.17%), Maharashtra (2.56%), and Gujarat (2.21%). The rate in as many as 13 is higher than the national average.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 34,831 — 354 deaths and 34,477 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.02%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.3%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 310.8 days, and for deaths at 281.0 days.
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (2949), Kerala (2707), West Bengal (1834), Chhattisgarh (1615), Delhi (1376).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Himachal Pradesh (84.38%), Manipur (90.92%), Uttarakhand (90.96%), Kerala (91.01%), and Chhattisgarh (91.48%).
• India on Monday conducted 993,665 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 155,560,655. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.2%.
• 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 Maharashtra (16.03%), Goa (13.29%), Chandigarh (11.57%), Nagaland (10.0%), and Kerala (9.6%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Rajasthan (8.95%), Kerala (8.49%), Goa (7.36%), Maharashtra (6.42%), and Chandigarh (6.28%).
• 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 (367763), J&K (254972), Andhra Pradesh (208267), Kerala (199284), and Karnataka (188763).
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (1883365), Karnataka (902240), Andhra Pradesh (875836), Tamil Nadu (800029), and Kerala (672037).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 2,949 cases. The state has added 40,778 cases in the past 10 days.
• Karnataka, the second-most-affected state, has reported 830 cases to take its tally to 902,240.
• Andhra Pradesh, the third-most-affected state by total cases, added 305 cases to take its tally to 875,836.
• Kerala has added 2,707 cases to take its tally to 672,037.
• Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 1,141 to 800,029.
• Uttar Pradesh has added 1,172 cases to take its tally to 566,728.
• Delhi has added 1,376 cases to take its tally to 608,830.