Data story: India logs 12,847 new cases; over 65,000 infections in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,958,403,471 vaccine doses

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India has added 65,471 cases in the past 7 days. (Photo: Unsplash)
Business Standard New Delhi
2 min read Last Updated : Jun 17 2022 | 10:11 AM IST
India reported an increase of 4,848 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 63,063. The country is twenty-eighth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On June 17, it added 12,847 cases to take its total caseload to 43,270,577.  And, with 14 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,817, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,527,365 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 16, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,958,403,471. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,682,697 — or 98.64 per cent of total caseload — with 7,985 new cured cases being reported on June 17.

  • India has added 65,471 cases in the past 7 days.
  • India has so far administered 1,958,403,471 vaccine doses. 
  • The count of active cases across India on June 17 saw an increase of 4,848, compared with 4,578 on June 16. 
  • With 7,624 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.64%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.21%
  • India’s new daily closed cases stand at 7,999 — 14 deaths and 7,985 recoveries. 
  • The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7923697), Kerala (6589307), Karnataka (3958824), Tamil Nadu (3458997), and Andhra Pradesh (2320264).
  • The five states with most active cases are Maharashtra (20634), Kerala (19210), Karnataka (4371), Delhi (3948), and Haryana (2364).
  • The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147880), Kerala (69853), Karnataka (40110), Tamil Nadu (38026), and Delhi (26225).

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