Are there more Covid deaths in India than there are new cases? What the Most Recent Government Data Shows

Currently, the nation's 7-day moving average of fatalities is 49, up from just 10 in mid-June. In contrast, the same period's 7-day moving average of new cases grew from 9,353 to 19,306. The number of Covid-19 cases in India increased to 4,39,38,764 with 18,313 new cases recorded in a single day, the union health ministry stated on Wednesday, even if the number of active cases decreased to 1,45,026. According to data from the ministry updated at 8 am, the number of deaths caused by the disease increased to 5,26,110 with 57 more fatalities (including elderly ones not counted earlier). The fact that deaths related to Covid are still increasing, despite the fact that active cases have decreased in India for the third day running, seems important. The nation's death rate has reached a 7-day moving average of 49. Mid-June, there were only ten. In contrast, during the same time period, the 7-day moving average of new cases rose from 9,353 to 19,306. Therefore, it appears that Covid deaths in the nation are increasing more quickly than new cases. 19 deaths were reported in Kerala, 12 in Maharashtra, seven in West Bengal, four in Meghalaya, two each in Bihar, Delhi, and Odisha, and one each in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and Chandigarh  were among the 57 fatalities reported in the 24-hour period. The ministry reported that the national Covid-19 recovery rate is at 98.47%, while the active cases make up 0.34 percent of the entire caseload. In just 24 hours, there has been a decrease of 2,486 cases in the active Covid caseload, it continued. According to the data, the weekly positivity rate was 4.57 percent and the daily positivity rate was 4.31 percent. In the nation, 4,25,337 Covid tests have been performed in the past 24 hours, for a total of 87.36 crore tests overall. The number of patients who have recovered from the illness has increased to 4,32,67,571, and the case fatality rate was 1.2%, according to the data. The ministry reports that 202.79 crore. The countrywide Covid-19 vaccination campaign has so far provided vaccine doses. The number of Covid cases filed in India reached the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 2020, the 30 lakh mark on August 23, 2020, the 40 lakh mark on September 5, 2020, the 50 lakh mark on September 16, 2020, the 60 lakh mark on September 28, 2020, the 70 lakh mark on October 11, 2020, the 80 lakh mark on October 29, 2020, the 90 lakh mark on November 20, 2020, and the 1 crore mark on December 19, 2020. On May 4, 2021, the nation passed the sombre milestone of two crore Covid cases, then three crore on June 23, 2021, and four crore on January 25, this year.