Data story: India logs 12,249 new Covid cases, active tally over 80,000

India reported an increase of 2,374 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 81,687. The country is twenty-fourth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On June 22, it added 12,249 cases to take its total caseload to 43,331,645. And, with 13 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,903, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,228,291 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 21, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,964,599,906. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,725,055— or 98.60 per cent of total caseload — with 9,862 new cured cases being reported on June 22.

• India has added 86,128 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,964,599,906 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 22 saw an increase of 2,374, compared with 2,613 on June 21.
• With 9,862 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.60%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.21%
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 9,875 — 13 deaths and 9,862 recoveries.
• India on June 21 conducted 310,623 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 858,836,977.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7941762), Kerala (6604493), Karnataka (3962099), Tamil Nadu (3462297), and Andhra Pradesh (2320509).
• The five states with most active cases are Maharashtra (24915), Kerala (23460), Delhi (5595), Karnataka (5020), and Tamil Nadu (4366).
• The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147889), Kerala (69897), Karnataka (40113), Tamil Nadu (38026), and Delhi (26239).