Data story: India logs 2,323 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,348

India reported a decline of 48 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 14,996. The country is fifty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On May 21, it added 2,323 cases to take its total caseload to 43,134,145. And, with 25 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,348, or 1.22 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,532,383 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on May 20, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,921,296,720. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,594,801 — or 98.75 per cent of total caseload — with 2,346 new cured cases being reported on May 21.

• India has added 15,033 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1,921,296,720 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on May 21 saw a fall of 48, compared with 375 on May 20.
• With 2, 346 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.22%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 2,371 — 25 deaths and 2, 346 recoveries.
• India on May 20 conducted 499,382 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 846,354,733.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7882169), Kerala (6549484), Karnataka (3950223), Tamil Nadu (3454801), and Andhra Pradesh (2319862).
• The five states with most active cases are Kerala (3750), Delhi (2229), Maharashtra (1761), Karnataka (1666), and Haryana (1213).
• The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147856), Kerala (69480), Karnataka (40106), Tamil Nadu (38025), and Delhi (26199).