Data story: India logs 11,793 fresh Covid cases, death toll at 525,047

India reported an increase of 2,280 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 96,700. The country is twenty-fourth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On June 28, it added 11,793 cases to take its total caseload to 43,418,839. And, with 27 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 525,047, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,921,811 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 27, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,973,143,196. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,797,092 — or 98.57 per cent of the total caseload — with 9,486 new cured cases being reported on June 28.

• India has added 99,443 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,973,143,196 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 28 saw an increase of 2,280, compared with 1,844 on June 27.
• With 9,486 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.57%, while the fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.21%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 9,513 — 27 deaths and 9,486 recoveries.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7965035), Kerala (6627270), Karnataka (3965452), Tamil Nadu (3469805), and Andhra Pradesh (2321035).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (27919), Maharashtra (25570), Tamil Nadu (8222), Delhi (4553), and Karnataka (4288).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147910), Kerala (69964), Karnataka (40114), Tamil Nadu (38026), and Delhi (26256).