Data story: India logs 4,041 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,651

India reported an increase of 1,668 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 21,177. The country is fifty-first among the most affected countries by active cases. On June 3, it added 4,041 cases to take its total caseload to 43,168,585. And, with 10 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,651, or 1.22 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 1,205,840 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on June 2, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,938,372,365. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 42,622,757 — or 98.74 per cent of total caseload — with 2, 363 new cured cases being reported on June 3.

• India has added 21,055 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 1, 938,372,365 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on June 3 increased by 1,668, compared with 1,123 on June 2.
• With 2,363 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.22%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 2,373 — 10 deaths and 2,363 recoveries.
• India on June 2 conducted 425,379 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 851,763,974.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (7889212), Kerala (6559623), Karnataka (3952577), Tamil Nadu (3455758), and Andhra Pradesh (2319957).
• The five states with most active cases are Kerala (6990), Maharashtra (4559), Karnataka (2204), Delhi (1490), and Haryana (888).
• The five states with highest fatalities are Maharashtra (147861), Kerala (69753), Karnataka (40107), Tamil Nadu (38025), and Delhi (26212).