DATA STORY: At 422,943, India's active Covid cases down to 2.3% of global count

India on Thursday reported another drop in its count of active coronavirus cases – a net reduction of 5701 to 422,943, the lowest since July 22. This is 2.30 per cent of all active cases globally (one in 43). Overall, the country added 35,551 cases to take its tally to 9,534,964.
 
National capital Delhi, witnessing a third wave of infections, reported an increase of 3,944 cases and 82 more deaths in the past 24 hours. Its tally now stands at 578,324, and death toll at 9,342.
 
With 40,726 new cured cases in a day, India’s recovered cases have reached 8,973,373 (94.11 per cent of all confirmed cases so far), while its Covid-19 death toll reached 138,648 (1.45 per cent of all confirmed cases), including the 526 fatalities reported on Tuesday.

 

Now the seventh-most-affected country by active cases, third by fatalities, and second by total cases, India has added 268,259 cases in the past seven days. Here are the key takeaways from the coronavirus data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday (December 3, 2020):
 

• With a daily increase of 35,551 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 9,499,413 on Wednesday to 9,534,964 – an increase of 0.4%. Death toll has reached 138,648, with 526 fatalities in a day. The seventh-most-affected country by active cases, third by fatality, and second by total cases, India has added 268,259 cases in the past 7 days.
• India now accounts for 2.30% of all active cases globally (one in every 43 active cases), and 9.21% of all deaths (one in every 11 deaths).
• Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 25 days.
• The count of active cases across India has seen a net decline of 5701, compared with 6959 on Wednesday. The states that have reported the highest increase in active cases are Karnataka (441), Chhattisgarh (416), Kerala (364), Bihar (200), and Ladakh (69).
• With 40,726 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has improved to 94.11%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.45%.
• The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.16%), Maharashtra (2.58%), and Gujarat (2.19%). The rate in as many as 13 is higher than the national average.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 41,252 — 526 deaths and 40,726 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.28%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.4%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 185.6 days, and for deaths at 182.4 days.
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Kerala (6316), Delhi (3944), Maharashtra (3350), West Bengal (3271), and Rajasthan (1990).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Himachal Pradesh (79.72%), Manipur (86.40%), Rajasthan (89.33%), Kerala (89.61%), and Chhattisgarh (90.59%).
• India on Wednesday conducted 1,111,695 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 143,557,647. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.2%.
• 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 (16.67%), Goa (13.67%), Chandigarh (12.09%), Nagaland (9.9%), and Kerala (9.64%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Nagaland (12.64%), Sikkim (12.13%), Kerala (11.08%), Himachal Pradesh (7.7%), and West Bengal (7.67%).
• 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 (324289), J&K (232079), Andhra Pradesh (194686), Kerala (181588), and Karnataka (171786).
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (1832176), Karnataka (887667), Andhra Pradesh (869412), Tamil Nadu (784747), and Kerala (614673).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 3,350 cases. The state has added 51,968 cases in the past 10 days.
• Karnataka, the second-most-affected state, has reported 1,440 cases to take its tally to 887,667.
• Andhra Pradesh, the third-most-affected state by total cases, added 663 cases to take its tally to 869,412.
• Kerala has added 6,316 cases to take its tally to 614,673.
• Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 1,428 to 784,747.
• Uttar Pradesh has added 1,763 cases to take its tally to 547,308.
• Delhi has added 3,944 cases to take its tally to 578,324.