Data story: India logs 5,910 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,007

India on September 5 reported a decrease of 1,140 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 53,974. The country is thirty-second among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On September 5, it added 5,910 cases to take its total caseload to 44,462,445. And, with 16 new fatalities, including seven more reconciled by Kerala, its Covid-19 death toll reached 528,007, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 

With 3,231,895 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on September 4, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 2,135,274,945. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 43,880,464 — or 98.69 per cent of the total caseload — with 7,034 new cured cases being reported on September 5.
 

• India has added 46,722 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 2,135,274,945 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on September 5 saw a decrease of 1,140, compared with 1,641 on September 4.
• With 7,034 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.69%, while the fatality rate is at 1.19%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 7,050 — 16 deaths and 7,034 recoveries.
• India on September 3 conducted 227,313 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 887,379,274.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8104854), Kerala (6761424), Karnataka (4054746), Tamil Nadu (3570567), and Andhra Pradesh (2337241).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (9876), Maharashtra (8364), Karnataka (5212), Tamil Nadu (5010), and Assam (2850).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148264), Kerala (70857), Karnataka (40247), Tamil Nadu (38036), and Delhi (26477).