Data story: India logs 17,339 cases, biggest single-day spike in 124 days

India reported an increase of 4,294 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 88,284. The country is twenty-third among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On June 24, it added 17,336 cases to take its total caseload to 43,362,294. And, with 13 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,954, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,371,107 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 23, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,967,733,217. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,749,056 — or 98.59 per cent of total caseload — with 13,029 new cured cases being reported on June 25.

• India has added 91,717 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,967,733,217 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 24 saw an increase of 4,294, compared with 2,303 on June 24.
• With 13,029 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.59%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.21%
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 13,042— 13 deaths and 13,029 recoveries.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7950240), Kerala (6612607), Karnataka (3963633), Tamil Nadu (3464131), and Andhra Pradesh (2320682).
• The five states with most active cases are Kerala (25911), Maharashtra (24867), Delhi (5755), Tamil Nadu (5174), and Karnataka (5067).
• The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147893), Kerala (69924), Karnataka (40114), Tamil Nadu (38026), and Delhi (26242).