DATA STORY: Nearly 90% Delhi cases now cured; Haryana recovery rate 2nd-best at 84%

A set of graphics tracking how the number of coronavirus positive cases have moved on a daily basis since India's total touched 100 on March 15

Here are the key takeaways from the coronavirus data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday (August 16, 2020):

• With a daily increase of 63,490 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 2,526,192 on Saturday to 2,589,682 – an increase of 2.5%. Death toll has reached 49,980, with 944 fatalities in a day. India, the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, has added 436,672 cases in the past 7 days alone.
• India now accounts for 10.40% of all active cases globally (one in every 10 active cases), and 6.50% of all deaths (one in every 15).
• The count of active cases reported across India has risen by 9,224, against 6,625 on Saturday. The states that have reported the biggest 24-hour jump in active cases are Maharashtra (4,854), Karnataka (2,075), Uttar Pradesh (1,011), Odisha (966), and Kerala (798).
• With 53,322 new recoveries, India’s recovery rate has increased to 71.91%, while death rate has come down to 1.93%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 54,266 — 944 deaths and 53,322 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.74%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 2.7%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 27.9 days, for active cases at 50.6 days, and for deaths at 36.4 days.
• The states and UTs that have seen their respective biggest single-day spikes in total cases are Karnataka (8,818), West Bengal (3,074), Kerala (1,608), Odisha (2,496), Madhya Pradesh (1,019), and Mizoram (120).
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (12,020), Karnataka (8,818), Andhra Pradesh (8,732), Tamil Nadu (5,860), and Uttar Pradesh (4,774).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Karnataka (61.30%), Punjab (62.79%), Uttar Pradesh (64.13%), Kerala (64.81%), and Andhra Pradesh (67.46%).
• 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 (18.77%), Puducherry (13.41%), Telangana (12.47%), Delhi (11.76%), and Karnataka (11.03%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Ladakh (53.57%), Sikkim (41.46%), Puducherry (26.61%), Mizoram (26.26%), and Goa (21.11%).
• 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 (65,177), J&K (59,492), Andhra Pradesh (53,852), Assam (49,127), and Tamil Nadu (48,098).
• Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (584,754), Tamil Nadu (332,105), Andhra Pradesh (281,817), Karnataka (219,926), and Delhi (151,928).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 12,020 cases. The state has added 116,489 cases in the past 10 days alone.
• Tamil Nadu, which has seen its tally going up by 5,860, has added more than 5,000 cases on each of the past 25 days.
• Andhra Pradesh, the third-most-affected state by total cases, has added 64,777 cases in the past seven days alone. On Sunday it added 8,732 cases.
• Karnataka has reported 8,818 cases, its biggest single-day jump, to take its tally to 219,926.
• Delhi has added 1,276 cases to take its total tally to 151,928. Its daily rate of increase in cases has been under 1 per cent for 24 days in a row.