DATA STORY: India adds 22,854 Covid cases in biggest single-day spike since Dec 25

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 4,628 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 189,226. That is 81.41 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.87 per cent (one in 115). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 22,854 cases, the most in a day since December 25, to take its total caseload to 11,285,561. And, with 126 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 158,189, or 1.40 per cent of total confirmed infections.

 
With 1,317,357 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots on Wednesday, India’s total count of those inoculated reached 25,685,011. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 10,938,146 – or 96.92 per cent of total caseload – with 18,100 new cured cases being reported on Wednesday.
 

• With a daily increase of 22,854 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 11,262,707 on Wednesday to 11,285,561 – an increase of 0.2%. Death toll has reached 158,189, with 126 fatalities in a day. Now the thirteenth-most-affected country by active cases, fourth by fatality, and second by total and recovered cases, India has added 128,638 cases in the past 7 days.
• India now accounts for 0.87% of all active cases globally (one in every 115 active cases), and 6.01% of all deaths (one in every 17 deaths).
• India has so far vaccinated 25,685,011 people. That is 227.617 per cent of its total caseload, and 1.8487 per cent of its population.
• Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 70 days.
• The count of active cases across India saw a net increase of 4,628 on Thursday, compared to a decline of 2,864 on Wednesday. States that have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Maharashtra (3692), Punjab (880), Karnataka (423), Chhattisgarh (322), and Madhya Pradesh (204).
• With 18,100 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 96.92%, while fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.40%.
• The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.11%), Maharashtra (2.34%), and Gujarat (2.19%). The rate in as many as 15 is higher than the national average.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 18,226 — 126 deaths and 18,100 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 0.69%.
• 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 341.9 days, and for deaths at 869.9 days.
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (13659), Kerala (2475), Punjab (1393), Karnataka (760), and Gujarat (675).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Punjab (91.99%), Maharashtra (93.21%), Kerala (96.30%), Madhya Pradesh (97.07%), and Gujarat (97.11%).
• India on Wednesday conducted 778,416 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 224,258,293. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.9%.
• 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 (13.16%), Goa (10.95%), Nagaland (9.2%), Kerala (8.98%), and Ladakh (8.94%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Maharashtra (14.65%), Punjab (5.16%), Chandigarh (5.09%), Goa (4.63%), and Kerala (3.96%).
• 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 (656692), J&K (413712), Kerala (343354), Karnataka (296333), and Andhra Pradesh (274911).
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2252057), Kerala (1083530), Karnataka (956801), Andhra Pradesh (891004), and Tamil Nadu (856917).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 13,659 new cases to take its tally to 2252057. The state has added 96,987 cases in the past 10 days.
• Kerala, the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 2475 cases to take its tally to 1083530.
• Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 760 cases to take its tally to 956801.
• Andhra Pradesh has added 120 cases to take its tally to 891004.
• Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 671 to 856917.
• Delhi has added 370 cases to take its tally to 642030.
• Uttar Pradesh has added 121 cases to take its tally to 604648.