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The doubling time of COVID-19 cases decreases from 504.4 days to 202.3 days

The doubling time of COVID-19 cases in India has decreased from 504 days on March 1 to 202 days on March 23, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry highlighted that six states have reported a surge in daily new cases and together account for 81 percent of the new infections reported in a day. Meanwhile, more than 32 lakh doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered on March 22, which is the highest single-day vaccination so far, taking the total number of people inoculated to over 4.8 crores.

Highlights:

– India’s total active caseload is rising after touching its lowest mark in mid-February

– Six states — Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu — collectively account for 80.90 percent of the new cases.

– Three states — Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab — accounted for 75 percent of total active cases in the country. Maharashtra alone accounted for 63 percent of the total active cases in India.

– Ten states — Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Haryana and Rajasthan — are displaying an upward trajectory in the daily new COVID-19 cases,

– The doubling time decreased from 504 days on March 1 to 202 days on March 23.

– Over 4.8 crore vaccine doses have been administered

– Six states accounted for 80 percent of the daily deaths, with Maharashtra and Punjab each reporting 58 casualties.

– Fourteen states and UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.