DATA STORY: India's vaccination now 1.13% of its population, 140% of Covid tally

India now accounts for 0.79% of all active cases globally (one in every 127 active cases), and 6.14% of all deaths (one in every 16 deaths)

Ramnath Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind gets the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Photo: ANI
Business Standard New Delhi
4 min read Last Updated : Mar 03 2021 | 2:12 PM IST
India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 1,768 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 170,126. This is 83.28 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.77 per cent (one in 130). The country is 13th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 14,989 cases to take its total caseload to 11,139,516. And, with 99 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 157346, or 1.41 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 768,730 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots on Tuesday, India’s total count of those inoculated reached 15,620,749. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 10,812,044 – or 97.06 per cent of total caseload – with 13,123 new cured cases being reported on Wednesday.
 
  • With a daily increase of 14,989 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 11,124,527 on Tuesday to 11,139,516 – an increase of 0.1%. Death toll has reached 10,812,044, with 98 fatalities in a day. Now the thirteenth-most-affected country by active cases, fourth by fatality, and second by total and recovered cases, India has added 103,340 cases in the past 7 days.
  • India now accounts for 0.79% of all active cases globally (one in every 127 active cases), and 6.14% of all deaths (one in every 16 deaths).
  • India has so far vaccinated 14,854,136 people. That is 133.54 per cent of its total caseload, and 1.0694 per cent of its population.
  • Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 69 days.
  • The count of active cases across India saw a net increase of 1,768 on Wednesday, compared to a decline of 4,116 on Monday. States that have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Maharashtra (1477), Punjab (345), Delhi (139), Karnataka (121), and Gujarat (91).
  • With 13,123 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has reached 97.06%, while fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.41%.
  • The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.19%), Maharashtra (2.41%), and Gujarat (2.20%). The rate in as many as 15 is higher than the national average.
  • India’s new daily closed cases stand at 13,221 — 98 deaths and 13,123 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 0.74%.
  • India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.1%.
  • India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 514.8 days, and for deaths at 1,112.6 days.
  • Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (7863), Kerala (2938), Punjab (729), Tamil Nadu (462), and Gujarat (454).
  • Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Maharashtra (93.89%), Punjab (93.98%), Kerala (95.13%), Madhya Pradesh (97.39%), and Gujarat (97.44%).
  • India on Tuesday conducted 785,220 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 218,403,277. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.9%.
  • Five states with the highest test positivity rate (TPR) – percentage of tested people turning out to be positive for Covid-19 infection (by cumulative data for tests and cases) – are Maharashtra (13.21%), Goa (11.1%), Nagaland (9.33%), Kerala (9.18%), and Ladakh (8.92%).
  • Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Maharashtra (10.41%), Kerala (4.31%), Chandigarh (3.68%), Goa (3.02%), and Goa (2.54%).
  • Among states and UTs with more than 10 million population, five that have carried out the highest number of tests (per million population) are Delhi (630214), J&K (397869), Kerala (329975), Karnataka (287564), and Andhra Pradesh (268287).
  • The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2169330), Kerala (1064279), Karnataka (952037), Andhra Pradesh (890080), and Tamil Nadu (852478).
  • Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 7,863 new cases to take its tally to 2169330. The state has added 75,417 cases in the past 10 days.
  • Kerala, now the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 2938 cases to take its tally to 1064279.
  • Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 437 cases to take its tally to 952037.
  • Andhra Pradesh has added 106 cases to take its tally to 890080.
  • Tamil Nadu has seen its tally going up by 462 to 852478.
  • Delhi has added 217 cases to take its tally to 639464.
  • Uttar Pradesh has added 103 cases to take its tally to 603711.



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