DATA STORY: India has added 10,197 active Covid cases on a net basis in 15 days

With 503,947 more vaccine shots being administered on Wednesday, the total number of people inoculated in India has reached 12,671,163 - or 114.71% of its total caseload, and 0.9124% of population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 4,801 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 151,708. This is 85.09 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.69 per cent (one in 145). The country is 14^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 16,738 cases, the most in a day since January 14, to take its total caseload to 11,046,914. And, with 138 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 156,705, or 1.42 per cent of total confirmed infections.  With 503,947 more vaccinations across India on Wednesday, the total count of those inoculated reached 12,671,163. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 10,738,501 – or 97.21 per cent of total caseload – with 11,799 new cured cases being reported on Thursday. 

• With a daily increase of 16,738 in total cases, the most in a day since January 14, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 11,030,176 on Wednesday to 11,046,914 – an increase of 0.2%. Death toll has reached 156,705, with 138 fatalities in a day. Now the fourteenth-most-affected country by active cases, fourth by fatality, and second by total and recovered cases, India has added 96,713 cases in the past 7 days.
• India now accounts for 0.69% of all active cases globally (one in every 145 active cases), and 6.25% of all deaths (one in every 16 deaths).
• India has so far vaccinated 12,671,163 people. That is 114.71 per cent of its total caseload, and 0.9124 per cent of its population.
• Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 67 days.
• The count of active cases across India saw a net increase of 4,801 on Thursday, compared to a decline of 399 on Wednesday. States that have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Maharashtra (5955), Punjab (303), Delhi (128), Madhya Pradesh (119), and Telangana (107).
• With 11,799 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has reached 97.21%, while fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.42%.
• The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.22%), Maharashtra (2.45%), and Gujarat (2.20%). The rate in as many as 15 is higher than the national average.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 11,937 — 138 deaths and 11,799 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.16%.
• 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 457.1 days, and for deaths at 786.8 days.
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (8807), Kerala (4106), Punjab (558), Tamil Nadu (463), Gujarat (380).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Kerala (94.52%), Maharashtra (94.70%), Punjab (94.78%), West Bengal (97.63%), and Madhya Pradesh (97.65%).
• India on Wednesday conducted 793,383 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 213,829,658. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.1%.
• 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 (13.31%), Goa (11.23%), Nagaland (9.4%), Kerala (9.32%), and Ladakh (8.91%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Maharashtra (10.89%), Kerala (5.82%), Goa (3.13%), Punjab (2.73%), and Chandigarh (2.44%).
• 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 (612127), J&K (385586), Kerala (319101), Karnataka (281078), and Andhra Pradesh (264410).
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2121119), Kerala (1045009), Karnataka (949183), Andhra Pradesh (889503), and Tamil Nadu (849629).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 8,807 new cases to take its tally to 2121119. The state has added 56,841 cases in the past 10 days.
• Kerala, now the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 4106 cases to take its tally to 1045009.
• Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 334 cases to take its tally to 949183.
• Andhra Pradesh has added 94 cases to take its tally to 889503.
• Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 463 to 849629.
• Delhi has added 200 cases to take its tally to 638373.
• Uttar Pradesh has added 128 cases to take its tally to 603103.