New Delhi: The number of new Covid-19 cases detected in the last 24 hours fell further to 29,163 from 30,548 Monday. However, the daily tests in the country also dropped below the nine-lakh mark, but this did not raise the positivity rate, which dropped to a five-month low.
As the virus progresses across different states, ThePrint’s daily tracker will now focus on the states and Union Territories with the highest number of active cases as opposed to those with the highest number of total cases.
Daily cases
In the last 24 hours, the number of new cases reported across the country fell to 29,163 — the lowest since 15 July, when the daily cases reported was 28,428.
Active cases
India’s total active case tally also fell to 4,53,401 Tuesday. This accounts for 5.11 per cent of the total coronavirus cases detected in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. Currently, Maharashtra has the highest number of active cases in India.
Number of deaths
The number of deaths reported everyday has remained below 500 for three days in a row, with 449 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,30,519 people have succumbed to the virus.
Mortality rate
For Punjab, the case fatality rate continues to be the highest in the country. In the last few days, the state’s CFR has increased from 3.14 to 3.15. Maharashtra has the second-highest CFR at 2.63
The state of Sikkim, which has a total of 4,521 cases as of Tuesday, saw a sharp increase in its case fatality rate with 91 deaths reported so far. The state’s CFR was 1.79 on 30 October. But now, both Sikkim and Gujarat have the third highest case fatality rate at 2.01.
Kerala, which is now among the high burden states in the country, maintains a low CFR of 0.35. However, it has increased from the 0.34 last week. India’s overall case fatality rate is 1.47.
Daily tests
Daily testing has been low since the Diwali weekend and the number of tests conducted over the last 24 hours was 8,44,382. As many as 1,155 government laboratories and 954 private laboratories across the country are carrying out Covid-19 tests.
A total of 12,65,42,907 Covid-19 tests have been carried out across the country since the beginning of the pandemic.
Positivity rate
Despite low testing, there has been no spike in the test positivity rate. As of Tuesday, the test positivity is 3.4 per cent. The overall TPR for India stands at 7.0 per cent.
Recovered cases
In the last 24 hours, 40,791 Covid-19 patients recovered in the country. This brings the total number of Covid-19 recoveries to 82,90,370 since the beginning of the pandemic. The recovery rate for India is now 93.42 per cent.
Total cases
As many as 88,74,290 people in India have been infected with Covid-19, so far. The country has the second-highest number of cases in the world and accounts for 16 per cent of the total cases detected globally.
States with the highest active cases
Maharashtra has the highest number of active cases in the country — 85,363, as of Tuesday. This is almost 19 per cent of the total active cases in India.
In the last 24 hours, the state reported 2,535 new cases, which has brought the total number of cases reported from the state to 17,49,777.
With 60 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the state’s death toll now stands at 46,034.
Kerala has the second highest number of active Covid-19 cases in the country. As of Tuesday, 71,046 cases in the state were active.
Over the last 24 hours, 2,710 people in the state have tested positive and 21 deaths were reported.
The total number of cases in the state is the fifth-highest in the country at 5,27,708. The death toll for Kerala is now 1,888.
Delhi reported 3,797 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours — the highest among the top five states with active cases — bringing the total number of cases in the capital to 4,89,202. Of these, 40,128 cases are active, which places Delhi at the third position in terms of active cases.
In the last 24 hours, 99 people in Delhi have died due to Covid, bringing the capital’s death toll to 7,713.
In West Bengal, there are 27,897 active cases of Covid-19 as of Tuesday. The state has registered a total of 4,34,563 cases so far, of which 3,012 people tested positive in the last 24 hours.
As many as 53 people in the state have died in 24 hours, bringing the state’s death toll to 7,714.
Karnataka’s active case load stands at 26,122 as of Tuesday. With 1,157 people testing positive in the last 24 hours, the total number of cases detected in the state is now 8,62,804.
So far, 11,541 people have died in the state, with 12 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
Tests and positive cases
Delhi’s test positivity rate is 12.7 per cent. This is concerning as the capital reported the highest number of daily cases among the worst-affected states. A TPR of above 10 indicates that testing needs to be increased.
Kerala, too, has a high TPR of 10.7 per cent, while in West Bengal the rate is 7.8 per cent.
Karnataka has the lowest TPR among the worst-affected states at 1.5 per cent. Maharashtra’s TPR is 9.5 per cent