DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases now under 800,000, down 22% from peak

India on Saturday reported another net reduction 9,441 in active coronavirus cases to bring its count under 800,000 for the first time since September 1 – and 22 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754.
 
The country has reported as many as 1,336,770 cured coronavirus cases in October so far, including 70,816 on Saturday, taking its total recovery to 6,524,595, or 87.78 per cent of all confirmed cases. Overall, an addition of 62,212 cases took India’s tally of confirmed cases to 7,432,680. With 837 deaths, the total Covid-19 death toll reached 112,998.
 
The second-most-affected country by active and total cases, and third by fatality, India has added 453,257 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 Saturday (October 17, 2020):

 

• With a daily increase of 62,212 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 7,370,468 on Friday to 7,432,680 – an increase of 0.8%. Death toll has reached 112,998, with 837 fatalities in a day. The second-most-affected country by total cases and active cases, and third by death toll, India has added 453,257 cases in the past 7 days.
• India now accounts for 9.02% of all active cases globally (one in every 11 active cases), and 10.19% of all deaths (one in every 10 deaths).
• Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 15 days.
• The count of active cases across India has seen a net reduction of 9441, compared with 7862 on Friday. The states that have reported the biggest 24-hour jump in active cases are West Bengal (516), Kerala (492), Delhi (209), Manipur (168), and Haryana (77).
• With 70816 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has improved to 87.78%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.52%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 71,653 — 837 deaths and 70816 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.19%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.9%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 82.5 days, and for deaths at 93.2 days.
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (11447), Karnataka (7542), Kerala (7283), Tamil Nadu (4389), and Andhra Pradesh (3967).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Kerala (70.41%), Chhattisgarh (81.33%), Karnataka (83.66%), Puducherry (84.45%), and Assam (85.24).
• India on Friday conducted 999,090 coronavirus tests, and had a test positivity rate of 6.2%.
• 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 (19.73%), Chandigarh (14.49%), Goa (14.35%), Puducherry (12.63%), and Karnataka (11.63%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Goa (25.56%), Sikkim (17.32%), Maharashtra (15.25%), Nagaland (15.05%), and Manipur (14.45%).
• 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 (196089), J&K (147910), Andhra Pradesh (132521), Assam (124974), and Tamil Nadu (115807).
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (1576062), Andhra Pradesh (775470), Karnataka (751390), Tamil Nadu (679191), and Uttar Pradesh (449935).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 11,447 cases. The state has added 110151 cases in the past 10 days.
• Andhra Pradesh, the second-most-affected state by total cases, has added 30,606 cases in the past seven days. On Saturday it added 3967 cases.
• Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 4,389, to 679191.
• Karnataka has reported 7542 cases, to take its tally to 751390.
• Uttar Pradesh has added 2552 cases to take its tally to 449935.
• Delhi has added 3428 cases to take its tally to 324459.