- India has added 133,769 cases in the past 7 days.
- India has so far administered 2,006,124,684 vaccine doses.
- The count of active cases across India on July 20 saw a decrease of 563, compared with 610 on July 19.
- With 18,517 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.47%, while the fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.21%.
- India’s new daily closed cases stand at 21,120 — 2,603 deaths and 18,517 recoveries.
- India on July 19 conducted 498,034 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 870,653,486.
- The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8022781), Kerala (6697013), Karnataka (3988579), Tamil Nadu (3522142), and Andhra Pradesh (2327662).
- The five states with the most active cases are West Bengal (28969), Kerala (22592), Tamil Nadu (16829), Maharashtra (14789), and Karnataka (7617).
- The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148032), Kerala (70295), Karnataka (40131), Tamil Nadu (38030), and Delhi (26296).
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