New Delhi: As active number of cases in India crossed 3.3 lakh Monday, ThePrint compares the current situation to July last year when active cases had crossed 3 lakh for the first time.
While the number of deaths were higher than what is being reported now and fewer tests were being conducted then, the number of new Covid-19 cases reported on a daily basis was much lower.
Daily Cases
Since yesterday, 46,951 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported across the country — the highest since 22 July. Maharashtra continues to report the highest number of new cases every day.
Daily vaccinations
A total of 4,50,65,998 vaccine doses have been administered in India so far, with just 4,62,157 doses administered in the last 24 hours. Of these, 3,75,74,302 are first doses, while 74,91,696 have received the second dose of the vaccine.
Active cases
Active cases in India increased to 3,34,646 Monday — the highest since 16 December. This accounts for over 2.66 per cent of the total cases detected from the country so far.
While cases were on a decline in December, ThePrint looked at data from 13 July when active cases were over three lakh and rising. At the time, daily tests conducted were just over two lakh, as opposed to over eight lakh now.
Test positivity rate in July was 13 per cent, more than twice of what was recorded today.
500 people died on a single day in July last year. However, the number of deaths reported in the last 24 hours was 212.
The number of daily cases being reported currently is over 46,000, while in July, the number of daily cases were much lower. This may translate to a spike in deaths in the coming weeks.
The effective reproduction number (R) was slightly lower in July — at 1.11. It is 1.19 currently. R is an indicator of how fast the infection is spreading.
Number of deaths
Since yesterday, 212 Covid-19 deaths were reported across the country. As many as 1,59,967 people in India have died of Covid-19 in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.
Mortality rate
The overall fatality rate for India has dropped to 1.37. Punjab’s case fatality reduced to 2.96, which is still the highest in the country. Maharashtra’s CFR reduced to 2.15 while that of Sikkim is 2.17.
Daily tests
In the last 24 hours, 8,80,655 Covid-19 tests were conducted across the country. Over 23.4 crore tests have been carried out in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.
Positivity rate
With an increase in the number of new cases, the test positivity increased to 5.3 per in the last 24 hours. This is the highest that positivity has been since 23 November.
The overall positivity, calculated since the beginning of the pandemic, is now 4.9 per cent.
Recovered cases
As many as 21,180 patients have been discharged from hospitals across India in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,11,51,468.
Total cases
As many as 1,16,46,081 people in India have been infected with Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The largest number of cases so far have been reported from Maharashtra, followed by Kerala and Karnataka.
States with highest active cases
In Maharashtra, 30,535 new cases of Covid-19 were reported since yesterday, increasing active cases in the state to 2,11,416.
As many as 24,79,682 cases of Covid-19 have been reported from the state since the beginning of the pandemic. Of these, 53,399 people have died, with 99 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
In Kerala, active Covid-19 cases reduced to 24,928. Since yesterday, the state has reported 1,875 new cases of Covid-19.
This takes the total number of cases detected from the state to 11,04,228 since the beginning of the pandemic. With 13 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the state’s Covid-19 death toll increased to 4,495.
In Punjab, active cases increased to 18,257, with 2,644 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the last 24 hours.
A total of 2,13,110 people in the state have reported to be Covid-19 positive since the beginning of the pandemic. With 44 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the state’s Covid-19 death toll increased to 6,324.
Karnataka reported 1,715 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, as a result of which active cases in the state increased to 12,434. A total of 9,70,202 Covid-19 cases have been reported from the state.
With two deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll increased to 12,434.
Chhattisgarh now has the fifth-highest number of active cases in the country. The state has 8,442 active cases. As many as 1,000 people tested positive for Covid in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases detected from the state to 3,24,153.
The state reported 10 deaths in the last 24 hours, which takes the Covid-19 death toll to 3,950.