Data story: India logs 9,436 new cases, 157 deaths as states clear backlog

India on August 28 reported a decrease of 720 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 86,591. The country is twenty-first among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On August 28, it added 9,436 cases to take its total caseload to 44,408,132. And, with 157 new fatalities, including 27 more reconciled by Kerala and 100 by Goa, its Covid-19 death toll reached 527,754, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 

With 2,653,964 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on August 27, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 2,116,635,408. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 43,793,787 — or 98.62 per cent of the total caseload — with 9,999 new cured cases being reported on August 28.
 

1. India has added 68,703 cases in the past 7 days.
2. India has so far administered 2,116,635,408 vaccine doses.
3. The count of active cases across India on August 28 saw a decrease of 720, compared with 3,396 on August 27.
4. With 9,999 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.62%, while the fatality rate at 1.19%.
5. India’s new daily closed cases stand at 10,156 — 157 deaths and 9,999 recoveries.
6. India on August 27 conducted 322,551 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 885,042,801.
7. The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8094845), Kerala (6751095), Karnataka (4048482), Tamil Nadu (3566635), and Andhra Pradesh (2336614).
8. The five states with the most active cases are Punjab (17562), Maharashtra (11743), Karnataka (8563), Kerala (7922), and Tamil Nadu (5339).
9. The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148224), Kerala (70791), Karnataka (40229), Tamil Nadu (38034), and Delhi (26453).