DATA STORY: Nearly 70k coronavirus cases added in biggest single-day spike

India now accounts for 10.59% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 6.81% of all deaths (one in every 15)

India on Thursday reported its biggest single-day spike of 69,652 in total count of coronavirus to take its tally to 2,836,925 from 2,767,273 the previous day – an increase of 2.5 per cent. The country’s Covid-19 death toll reached 53,866, with 977 fatalities being reported in a day. Now the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, India has added 437,635 cases in the past 7 days alone.
 
Here are the key takeaways from the coronavirus data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday (August 20, 2020):