Data story: India adds 2,112 new Covid cases; active tally at 24,043

India on October 22 reported a decrease of 994 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 24,043. The country is forty-seventh among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On October 22, it added 2,112 cases to take its total caseload to 44,640,748. And, with 4 new fatalities, including three more reconciled by Kerala, its Covid-19 death toll reached 528,957, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 

With 290,752 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on October 21, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 2,195,388,326. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 44,087,748 — or 98.76 per cent of the total caseload — with 3,102 new cured cases being reported on October 21.
 

• India has added 14,321 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 2,195,388,326 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on October 22 saw a decrease of 994, compared with 473 on October 21.
• With 3,102 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76%, while the fatality rate is at 1.19%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 3,106 — 4 deaths and 3,102 recoveries.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8129507), Kerala (6819123), Karnataka (4067592), Tamil Nadu (3590238), and Andhra Pradesh (2338774).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (4170), Tamil Nadu (3504), Assam (2722), Maharashtra (2567), and Karnataka (2424).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148378), Kerala (71342), Karnataka (40295), Tamil Nadu (38048), and Delhi (26506).