Data story: India records 862 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 196 days

India on October 25 reported a decrease of 644 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 22,549. The country is forty-eighth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On October 25, it added 862 cases to take its total caseload to 44,644,938. And, with 3 new fatalities, including two more reconciled by Kerala, its Covid-19 death toll reached 528980, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 23,791 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on October 24, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 2,195,665,598. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 44,093,409 — or 98.76 per cent of the total caseload — with 1,503 new cured cases being reported on October 25.
 

• India has added 12,508 cases in the past 7 days.
• India has so far administered 2,195,665,598 vaccine doses.
• The count of active cases across India on October 25 saw a decrease of 644, compared with 239 on October 24.
• With 1,503 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76%, while the fatality rate is at 1.18%.
• India’s new daily closed cases stand at 1,506 — 3 deaths and 1,503 recoveries.
• The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8129894), Kerala (6820068), Karnataka (4068035), Tamil Nadu (3590856), and Andhra Pradesh (2338818).
• The five states with the most active cases are Kerala (3735), Tamil Nadu (2939), Assam (2722), Maharashtra (2496), and Karnataka (2329).
• The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148379), Kerala (71356), Karnataka (40296), Tamil Nadu (38048), and Delhi (26508).