Data story: India logs 4,043 Covid cases; active tally declines marginally

India on September 20 reported a decrease of 648 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 47,379. The country is thirty-fifth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On September 20, it added 4,043 cases to take its total caseload to 44,543,089. And, with 15 new fatalities, including six more reconciled by Kerala, its Covid-19 death toll reached 528,370, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 

With 1,310,410 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on September 19, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 2,168,324,537. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 43,967,340 — or 98.71 per cent of the total caseload — with 4,676 new cured cases being reported on September 20.
 

• India has added 38,140 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 2,168,324,537 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on September 20 saw a decrease of 648, compared with an increase of 105 on September 19.
• With 4,676 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.71%, while the fatality rate is at 1.19%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 4,691 — 15 deaths and 4,676 recoveries.
• India on September 19 conducted 295,894 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 892,049,014.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (811534), Kerala (6787915), Karnataka (4061716), Tamil Nadu (3577312), and Andhra Pradesh (2337917).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (15831), Tamil Nadu (4995), Maharashtra (4440), Karnataka (3568), and Assam (2705).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148312), Kerala (71004), Karnataka (40276), Tamil Nadu (38040), and Delhi (26499).