DATA STORY: With over 10,000 active cases in a day, India tally past 3 mn

India on Sunday reported a net addition of 10,338 active cases, the biggest single-day jump since August 8. With this, the country’s tally of total confirmed coronavirus cases surged past the 3-million mark (at 3,044,940). Death toll, meanwhile, reached 56,706 with 912 deaths being reported in 24 hours.

 

Now the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, India has added 455,258 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 Sunday (August 23, 2020):

• India now accounts for 10.62% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 7.01% of all deaths (one in every 14).
• The count of active cases reported across India has risen by 10,338, the most since August 8, against 5,302 on Saturday. The states that have reported the biggest 24-hour jump in active cases are Maharashtra (4,954), Andhra Pradesh (1,586), Odisha (1,037), Kerala (865), and Punjab (862).
• With 57,989 new recoveries, India’s recovery rate has increased to 74.90%, while death rate has come down to 1.86%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 58,901 — 912 deaths and 57,989 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.55%.
• India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 2.4%.
• India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 30.1 days, for active cases at 47.1 days, and for deaths at 42.8 days.
• The states and UTs that have seen their respective biggest single-day spikes in total cases are Uttar Pradesh (5,214), Madhya Pradesh (1,226), Gujarat (1,212), and Chandigarh (145).
• Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra (14,492), Andhra Pradesh (10,276), Karnataka (7,330), Tamil Nadu (5,980), and Uttar Pradesh (5,214).
• Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are in Punjab (59.79%), Jharkhand (64.78%), Kerala (64.83%), Karnataka (67.89%), Odisha (69.21%)
• 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 (18.79%), Puducherry (15.9%), Telangana (11.7%), Karnataka (11.46%), and Delhi (11.33%).
• Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Puducherry (44.01%), Ladakh (33.62%), Chandigarh (23.05%), Maharashtra (18.72%), and Goa (18.42%).
• 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 (71,281), J&K (64,833), Andhra Pradesh (61,112), Assam (56,974), and Tamil Nadu (54,647).
• Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (671,942), Tamil Nadu (373,410), Andhra Pradesh (345,216), Karnataka (271,876), and Uttar Pradesh (182,453).
• Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 14,492 cases. The state has added 123,629 cases in the past 10 days alone.
• Tamil Nadu, which has seen its tally going up by 5,980, has added more than 5,000 cases on each of the past 32 days.
• Andhra Pradesh, the third-most-affected state by total cases, has added 63,399 cases in the past seven days alone. On Sunday it added 10,276 cases.
• Karnataka has reported 7,330 cases to take its tally to 271,876.
• Delhi has added 1,412 cases to take its total tally to 160,016. Its daily rate of increase in cases has been under 1 per cent for 32 days in a row.