DATA STORY: Over 77,000 cases added in India's sharpest single-day jump yet

India on Friday reported an addition of 77,266 to total confirmed coronavirus, taking its tally to 3,387,500. The surge in active cases that started a day before, following a lull of several days, continued, with 16,032 new active cases being reported in just 24 hours. India on Thursday surpassed Brazil’s count of active cases to become the second-most-affected country globally by this measure. The country’s Covid-19 death toll, meanwhile, reached 61,529, with 1,057 fatalities being reported in a day.
 
Now the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, India has added 481,677 cases in the past 7 days alone. Here are the key takeaways from the coronavirus data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday (August 28, 2020):

 

• India now accounts for 11.08% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 7.36% of all deaths (one in every 14).
• The count of active cases reported across India has increased by 16,032, against 18,724 on Thursday. The states that have reported the biggest 24-hour jump in active cases are Maharashtra (5,366), Andhra Pradesh (2,001), Karnataka (1,379), Telangana (1,341), and Uttar Pradesh (992).
• With 60,177 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate has improved to 76.28%, while death rate has come down to 1.82%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 61,234 — 1,057 deaths and 60,177 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.73%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 2.2%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 30 days, for active cases at 31.7 days, and for deaths at 40 days.
• The states and UTs that have seen their respective biggest single-day spikes in total cases are Karnataka (9,386), Odisha (3,384), Kerala (2,406), Punjab (1,746), Chhattisgarh (1,438), Uttarakhand (728), Tripura (506), and Chandigarh (188).
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (14,857), Andhra Pradesh (10,621), Karnataka (9,386), Tamil Nadu (5,981), and Uttar Pradesh (5,391).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are in Chhattisgarh (56.21%), Punjab (64.75%), Kerala (65.54%), Jharkhand (66.66%), and Karnataka (70.87%).
• 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 (18.96%), Puducherry (17.71%), Chandigarh (12.93%), Karnataka (11.7%), and Andhra Pradesh (11.3%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Chandigarh (38.29%), Puducherry (37.67%), Maharashtra (21.09%), Goa (18.05%), and Andhra Pradesh (17.33%).
• 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 (75,892), J&K (69,320), Andhra Pradesh (66,640), Assam (61,436), and Tamil Nadu (59,432).
• Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (733,568), Tamil Nadu (403,242), Andhra Pradesh (393,090), Karnataka (309,792), and Uttar Pradesh (208,419).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 14,857 cases. The state has added 129,210 cases in the past 10 days alone.
• Tamil Nadu, which has seen its tally going up by 5,981, has added more than 5,000 cases on each of the past 36 days.
• Andhra Pradesh, the third-most-affected state by total cases, has added 67,694 cases in the past seven days alone. On Friday it added 10,621 cases.
• Karnataka has reported 9,386 cases to take its tally to 309,792.
• Delhi has added 1,840 cases, the most in a day since 2,089 on July 11, to take its total tally to 167,604.