With 1,733,232 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 182,220,164. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 20,795,335 – or 84.25 per cent of total caseload – with 362,437 new cured cases being reported on Sunday.
- With a daily increase of 311,170 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 24,372,907 on Saturday to 24,684,077 – an increase of 1.3%. Death toll has reached 270,284, with 4,077 fatalities. Now the second-most-affected country by active cases, total cases and recovery, and fourth by death, India has added 2,387,663 cases in the past 7 days.
- India now accounts for 21.10% of all active cases globally (one in every 5 active cases), and 7.86% of all deaths (one in every 14 deaths).
- India has so far administered 182,220,164 vaccine doses. That is 768.77 per cent of its total caseload, and 13.09 per cent of its population.
- Among Indian states, the top 5 in terms of number of vaccine shots administered are Maharashtra (24407900), Rajasthan (19745409), Uttar Pradesh (19418647), Gujarat (18786397), and West Bengal (16685374).
- Among states with more than 10 million population, the top 5 in number of vaccine shots per one million population are Kerala (306473), Delhi (295272), Gujarat (294124), Uttarakhand (281815), and J&K (254865).
- Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 3 days.
- The count of active cases across India on Sunday saw a net reduction of 55,344, compared with -31,091 on Saturday. States that have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Tamil Nadu (12450), Karnataka (6890), Andhra Pradesh (3680), Kerala (3142), and Assam (2030).
- With 362437 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 84.25%, while fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.09%.
- The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (2.38%), Sikkim (1.83%), and Uttarakhand (1.63%). The rate in as many as 18 is higher than the national average.
- India’s new daily closed cases stand at 366,514 — 4,077 deaths and 362,437 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.11%.
- India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 1.4%.
- India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 54.6 days, and for deaths at 45.6 days.
- Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Karnataka (41664), Maharashtra (34848), Tamil Nadu (33658), Kerala (32680), and Andhra Pradesh (22517).
- Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Uttarakhand (70.12%), Karnataka (71.13%), Himachal Pradesh (73.50%), Rajasthan (74.65%), and Goa (75.60%).
- India on Saturday conducted 1,832,950 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 314,850,143. The test positivity rate recorded was 17.0%.
- 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 (17.86%), Maharashtra (17.33%), Dadra & Nagar Haveli-Daman & Diu (13.05%), Chandigarh (11.94%), and Kerala (11.89%).
- Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Karnataka (35.21%), Goa (35.13%), Nagaland (32.79%), West Bengal (29.31%), and Rajasthan (27.04%).
- 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 (974119), J&K (579474), Kerala (498953), Karnataka (410974), and Uttarakhand (375828).
- The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5344063), Karnataka (2171931), Kerala (2118263), Uttar Pradesh (1609140), and Tamil Nadu (1565035).
- Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 34,848 new cases to take its tally to 5344063. The state has added 463,521 cases in the past 10 days.
- Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 41,664 cases to take its tally to 2171931.
- Kerala, the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 32,680 cases to take its tally to 2118263.
- Uttar Pradesh has added 12,513 cases to take its tally to 1609140.
- Tamil Nadu has added 33,658 cases to take its tally to 1565035.
- Andhra Pradesh has seen its tally going up by 22,517 to 1411320.
- Delhi has added 6,430 cases to take its tally to 1387411.
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