There have been at least 5,562,600 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in India, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. As of Tuesday morning, 88,935 people had died.

Reported cases in India Total cases Per capita Share of population with a reported case No cases reported Double-click to zoom into the map. Use two fingers to pan and zoom. Tap for details. Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare of India. Circles are sized by the number of people there who have tested positive, which may differ from where they contracted the illness. About this data For total cases and deaths: The map shows the known locations of coronavirus cases by region. Circles are sized by the number of people there who have tested positive or have a probable case of the virus, which may differ from where they contracted the illness.

Here’s how the number of cases and deaths are growing in India:

Reported cases and deaths by state and union territory This table is sorted by places with the most cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. Select deaths or a different column header to sort by different data. Cases Deaths Total

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7 days Per 100,000 Goa 28,753 1,971 360 25 3,855 264 56 3.8 Puducherry 23,191 1,858 467 37 2,965 238 73 5.8 Chandigarh 10,298 976 126 12 2,053 195 28 2.7 Delhi 249,259 1,485 5,014 30 27,726 165 244 1.5 Ladakh 3,832 1,397 50 18 413 151 9 3.3 Maharashtra 1,224,380 1,090 33,015 29 147,006 131 3,121 2.8 Andhra Pradesh 631,749 1,279 5,410 11 56,670 115 438 0.9 Karnataka 526,876 862 8,145 13 59,187 97 761 1.2 Arunachal Pradesh 7,595 549 13 <1 1,297 94 2 0.1 Uttarakhand 41,777 414 501 5 8,761 87 72 0.7 Show all

India is one of many developing nations where leaders feel they have no choice but to prioritize reopenings and accept the risks of surging coronavirus infections. Yet its public health system is severely strained, and experts believe it is likely to reach a breaking point as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government continues to ease a nationwide lockdown.

Initially, the country took some of the strictest measures anywhere to slow the spread of the coronavirus, including placing all 1.3 billion citizens under a nationwide lockdown. But the measures were brutally hard on the poorest Indians. Some of the restrictions were lifted in early May to help revive the economy, including allowing construction and plantation work to resume and many shops to reopen.

When Mr. Modi announced the lockdown, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers were initially stranded in cities without a way to reach their home villages. Some started long journeys on foot. Most headed back to the countryside because they couldn't afford the rent or food without work in the cities, and that just spread the virus across the larger swaths of the country.

How Cases Are Growing

Here’s how the number of new cases and deaths are changing over time:

New reported cases by day in India 0 50,000 cases Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. New cases 7-day average Note: The seven-day average is the average of a day and the previous six days of data.

New reported deaths by day in India 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 deaths Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. New deaths 7-day average Note: Scale for deaths chart is adjusted from cases chart to display trend.

The New York Times has found that official tallies in the United States and in more than a dozen other countries have undercounted deaths during the coronavirus outbreak because of limited testing availability.

India’s lockdown was largely considered effective, and it was widely obeyed. But with the measures largely lifted, anxiety is rising as the caseload surges, and more people have complained that they have been unable to find hospital beds.

India’s total caseload has become the world’s second-largest. So far, a large chunk of India’s Covid-19 cases have come from five states: Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

Public health experts have warned that the country’s testing figures were still far too restricted. But capacity has been rising: On September 3, more than 1,172,000 samples were tested in 24 hours, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 45,509,380.

Where You Can Find More Information

Read more about how Muslims in India have been blamed for spreading the virus, the steep drop in air pollution and life under lockdown in New Delhi, and how half a billion people could slip into destitution during the outbreak.

Here is where you can find more detailed information:

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