Data story: India logs 4,270 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,692

India on Sunday reported an increase of 1,636 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 24,052. The country is fifty-first among the most affected countries by active cases. On June 5, it added 4,270 cases, taking its total caseload to 43,176,817. And, with 15 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,692, or 1.22 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,192,427 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 4, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,94,09,46,157. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,628,073— or 98.73 per cent of total caseload — with 2,619 new cured cases being reported on June 5.

• India has added 23,774 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,940,946,157 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 5 increased by 1,636, compared with 1,239 on June 4.
• With 2,619 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.73%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.22%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 2,634 — 15 deaths and 2,619 recoveries.
• India on June 4 conducted 413,699 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 852,623,487.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7891703), Kerala (6562366), Karnataka (3953058), Tamil Nadu (3455976), and Andhra Pradesh (2319970).
• The five states with most active cases are Kerala (8290), Maharashtra (5888), Karnataka (2260), Delhi (1467), and Haryana (921).
• The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147865), Kerala (69786), Karnataka (40107), Tamil Nadu (38025), and Delhi (26212).