Data story: India logs 2,745 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,636

India reported an increase of 503 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 18,386. The country is fifty-second among the most affected countries by active cases. On June 1, it added 2,745 cases to take its total caseload to 43,160,832. And, with 6 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,636, or 1.22 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,091,110 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on May 31, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,935,720,807. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,617,810 — or 98.75 per cent of total caseload — with 2,236 new cured cases being reported on June 1.

• India has added 18,640 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,935,720,807 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 1 increased by 502, compared with 185 on May 31.
• With 2, 236 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.22%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 2,242 — 6 deaths and 2,236 recoveries.
• India on May 31 conducted 455,314 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 850,896,606.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7887086), Kerala (6557056), Karnataka (3952102), Tamil Nadu (3455474), and Andhra Pradesh (2319932).
• The five states with most active cases are Kerala (5708), Maharashtra (3475), Karnataka (2029), Delhi (1603), and Haryana (916).
• The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147860), Kerala (69742), Karnataka (40107), Tamil Nadu (38025), and Delhi (26210).