Covid-19 Factoid: India contributes the most to global rise in cases now

Steep rise in cases in Assam and Puducherry has the highest test positivity rate in the country now

The global confirmed case tally is currently at 20.8 million, of which roughly 6.3 million cases are currently active. There have been over 747,000 deaths globally till now, with the US accounting for more than one-fifth of them. More than 13.7 million people have successfully recovered from the virus worldwide.

In India, there are now more than 2.4 million reported cases, of which 653,622, or roughly 27 per cent, are currently active. 1,695,982 infected persons have successfully recovered in the country. India’s mortality rate stands at 1.96 per cent, with over 47,000 reported fatalities.

Here are some data points mapping