DATA STORY: At 257,656, India's active Covid cases down 75% from September peak

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 4616 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 257,656, the lowest since July 6 and 75 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 1.15 per cent (one in 87). The country added 21,822 cases to take its total caseload to 10,266,674. And, with 299 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 148,738, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India now stands at 9,860,280 – or 96.04 per cent of total caseload – with 26,139 new cured cases being reported on Thursday.

 

• With a daily increase of 21,822 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen 10,244,852 on Wednesday to 10,266,674 – an increase of 0.2%. Death toll has reached 148,738, with 299 fatalities in a day. Now the tenth-most-affected country by active cases, third by fatality, and second by total and recovered cases, India has added 142,896 cases in the past 7 days.
• India now accounts for 1.15% of all active cases globally (one in every 87 active cases), and 8.21% of all deaths (one in every 12 deaths).
• Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 36 days.
• The count of active cases across India has seen a net decline of 4,616, compared with 6,309 on Wednesday. Five states that have reported the highest net increase in active cases are Kerala (533), Telangana (96), Chandigarh (37), Jharkhand (36), and Punjab (28).
• With 26,139 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has improved to 96.04%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.45%.
• The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.21%), Maharashtra (2.56%), and Gujarat (2.16%). The rate in as many as 13 is higher than the national average.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 26,438 — 299 deaths and 26,139 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.13%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.2%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 325.8 days, and for deaths at 344.5 days.
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Kerala (6268), Maharashtra (3537), West Bengal (1178), Chhattisgarh (1069), and Uttar Pradesh (1025).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Kerala (90.92%), Uttarakhand (92.86%), Himachal Pradesh (93.24%), Gujarat (94.15%), and Punjab (94.47%).
• India on Wednesday conducted 1,127,244 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 172,049,274. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.9%.
• 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 (15.22%), Goa (12.83%), Chandigarh (10.93%), Nagaland (9.93%), and Kerala (9.62%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Sikkim (9.92%), Kerala (9.81%), Chandigarh (5.06%), Maharashtra (4.95%), and Goa (4.95%).
• 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 (432930), J&K (287226), Andhra Pradesh (225281), Kerala (223591), and Karnataka (212206).
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (1928603), Karnataka (918544), Andhra Pradesh (881948), Tamil Nadu (817077), and Kerala (755718).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 3,537 new cases to take its tally to 1928603. The state has added 32,085 cases in the past 10 days.
• Karnataka, the second-most-affected state, has reported 973 cases to take its tally to 918544.
• Andhra Pradesh, the third-most-affected state by total cases, added 349 cases to take its tally to 881948.
• Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 945 to 817077.
• Kerala has added 6268 cases to take its tally to 755718.
• Delhi has added 677 cases to take its tally to 624795.
• Uttar Pradesh has added 1025 cases to take its tally to 584966.