Data story: India records 343 new Covid cases; death toll at 530,612

India on November 26 reported a fall of 132 in active coronavirus cases taking the count to 5,263. The country is seventy-fourth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On November 27, it added 343 cases to take its total caseload to 44,671,562. And, with 4 new deaths, its Covid-19 death toll reached 530,612, or 1.18 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 

With 56,235 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on November 26, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far has reached 2,199,084,428. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 44,135,687 — or 98.80 per cent of the total caseload — with 471 cured cases being reported on November 27.

• India has added 2,547 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 2,199,084,428 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on November 27 saw a decrease of 132, compared with 121 on November 26.
• With 471 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.80%, while the fatality rate is at 1.19%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 475 — 4 deaths and 471 recoveries.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8135620), Kerala (6825913), Karnataka (4071104), Tamil Nadu (3594062), and Andhra Pradesh (2339048).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (1765), Karnataka (1618), Maharashtra (504), Tamil Nadu (293), and Gujarat (221).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148406), Kerala (71490), Karnataka (40303), Tamil Nadu (38049), and Delhi (26517).