DATA STORY: India adds 35,499 new cases; active cases decline further

India on Monday reported a net reduction of 4,634 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 402,188. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.45 per cent (one in 40). The country is ninth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 35,499 cases to take its total caseload to 31,969,954 from 31,934,455 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 447 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 428,309, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,611,590 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 508,664,759. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 31,139,457 – or 97.4 per cent of total caseload – with 39,686 new cured cases being reported on Monday.
 

Now the ninth-most-affected country by active cases, third by deaths, second by total cases, and first by recoveries, India has added 279,996 cases in the past 7 days.

India now accounts for 2.45% of all active cases globally (one in every 40 active cases), and 9.93% of all deaths (one in every 10 deaths).

India has so far administered 508,664,759 vaccine doses. That is 1591.07 per cent of its total caseload, and 36.47 per cent of its population.

Among Indian states, the top 5 in terms of number of vaccine shots administered are Uttar Pradesh (58462084), Maharashtra (51453752), Gujarat (40553892), Rajasthan (39847169), and Madhya Pradesh (37588371).

Among states with more than 10 million population, the top 5 in number of vaccine shots per one million population are Kerala (684526), Uttarakhand (639367), Gujarat (634920), Delhi (626051), and J&K (543565).

Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 26 days.

The count of active cases across India on Sunday saw a net reduction of 5,331, compared with 2,006 on Saturday. States and UTs hat have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Maharashtra (462), Tamil Nadu (121), Himachal Pradesh (13), Gujarat (11), and Uttar Pradesh (7).

With 39,686 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.4%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.34%.

The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (2.72%), Uttarakhand (2.15%), and Maharashtra (2.11%). The rate in as many as 14 is higher than the national average.

India’s new daily closed cases stand at 40,163 — 477 deaths and 39,686 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.18%.

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 623.9 days, and for deaths at 663.8 days.

Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Kerala (18607), Maharashtra (5508), Andhra Pradesh (2050), Tamil Nadu (1956), and Karnataka (1598).

Among states with more than 100,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Kerala (94.52%).

India on Saturday conducted 1,371,871 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 481,767,232. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.6%.

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 Goa (15.71%), Dadra & Nagar Haveli-Daman & Diu (14.71%), Sikkim (12.92%), Maharashtra (12.81%), and Kerala (12.49%).

Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are, Kerala (13.87%), Manipur (13.15%), Sikkim (12.38%), Meghalaya (12.28%), and Nagaland (7.26%).

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 (1294220), J&K (896430), Kerala (796810), Karnataka (589763), and Telangana (579766).

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (6353328), Kerala (3552525), Karnataka (2918525), Tamil Nadu (2575308), and Andhra Pradesh (1982308).

Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 5508 new cases to take its tally to 6353328.

Kerala, the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 18607 cases to take its tally to 3552525.

Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 1598 cases to take its tally to 2918525.

Tamil Nadu has added 1956 cases to take its tally to 2575308.

Andhra Pradesh has seen its tally going up by 2050 to 1982308.

Uttar Pradesh has added 56 cases to take its tally to 1708772.

Delhi has added 66 cases to take its tally to 1436761.