Data story: India logs 11,739 new Covid cases, death toll reaches 524,999

India reported an increase of 797 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 92,576. The country is twenty-fourth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On June 26, it added 11,739 cases to take its total caseload to 43,389,973. And, with 25 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,999, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,272,739 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 25, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,970,851,580. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,772,398 — or 98.58 per cent of the total caseload — with 10,917 new cured cases being reported on June 26.

• India has added 93,281 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,970,851,580 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 26 saw an increase of 797, compared with 3,495 on June 25.
• With 10,917 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.58%, while the fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.21%
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 10,942— 25 deaths and 10,917 recoveries.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7956173), Kerala (6620686), Karnataka (3964702), Tamil Nadu (3466872), and Andhra Pradesh (2320882).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (27891), Maharashtra (24333), Tamil Nadu (6677), Karnataka (4822), and Delhi (4717).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147900), Kerala (69945), Karnataka (40114), Tamil Nadu (38026), and Delhi (26249).