India reported over 44 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as of October 20, 2023. The number of people infected with the virus was declining across the south Asian country.

What is the coronavirus?

COVID-19 is part of a large family of coronaviruses (CoV) that are transmitted from animals to people. The name COVID-19 is derived from the words corona, virus, and disease, while the number 19 represents the year that it emerged. Symptoms of COVID-19 resemble that of the common cold, with fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. However, serious infections can lead to pneumonia, multi-organ failure, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and even death, if appropriate medical help is not provided.

COVID-19 in India

India reported its first case of this coronavirus in late January 2020 in the southern state of Kerala. That led to a nation-wide lockdown between March and June that year to curb numbers from rising. After marginal success, the economy opened up leading to some recovery for the rest of 2020. In March 2021, however, the second wave hit the country causing record-breaking numbers of infections and deaths, crushing the healthcare system. The central government has been criticized for not taking action this time around, with "#ResignModi" trending on social media platforms in late April. The government's response was to block this line of content on the basis of fighting misinformation and reducing panic across the country.

In past 24 hours, India, Asia had 68 new cases, N/A deaths and N/A recoveries.

India reported almost 45 million cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as of October 20, 2023, with more than 44 million recoveries and about 532 thousand fatalities. The number of cases in the country had a decreasing trend in the past months.

Burden on the healthcare system

With the world's second largest population in addition to an even worse second wave of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be crushing an already inadequate healthcare system. Despite vast numbers being vaccinated, a new variant seemed to be affecting younger age groups this time around. The lack of ICU beds, black market sales of oxygen cylinders and drugs needed to treat COVID-19, as well as overworked crematoriums resorting to mass burials added to the woes of the country. Foreign aid was promised from various countries including the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Additionally, funding from the central government was expected to boost vaccine production.

Situation overview
Even though days in April 2021 saw record-breaking numbers compared to any other country worldwide, a nation-wide lockdown has not been implemented. The largest religious gathering - the Kumbh Mela, sacred to the Hindus, along with election rallies in certain states continue to be held. Some states and union territories including Maharashtra, Delhi, and Karnataka had issued curfews and lockdowns to try to curb the spread of infections.

Context

This dataset provides a timeseries of COVID-19 reported cases including cured/migrated information of states of India. The data is available from 30th January 2020 onwards.

Content

The data is in CSV format and has 5 columns.

Date: Date in DD-MM-YYYY format State: Name if the state Total Confirmed Cases: Total number of confirmed cases as on Date Cured/Discharged/Migrated: Total number of cured, discharged or migrated cases as on Date Death: Total number of deaths as on Date

All figures are cumulative.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is created and maintained using the data available in public domain. The state-wise COVID-19 cases in India are published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India on their website https://www.mohfw.gov.in/. A snapshot of the data on the above website is taken at 11PM IST(UTC+05.30) daily and appended to this dataset. Part of the data for initial period is taken from India Today COVID-19 Tracker at https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronavirus-cases-in-india-covid19-states-cities-affected-1653852-2020-03-09.

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This Dataset contains day-wise cumulative total positive cases, active cases, recoveries and death statistics due to COVID-19 in India up to 10 June 2024

Delhi confirmed almost two million cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as of October 20, 2023, with over 26 thousand fatalities and over two million recoveries. The Delhi government, led by Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party implemented a night and weekend curfew to curb infection numbers in late April 2021. The capital region faced acute shortage of oxygen and ICU beds during this time period.

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, saw infection cases spread throughout the Asia-Pacific region. By April 13, 2024, India had faced over 45 million coronavirus cases. South Korea followed behind India as having had the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the Asia-Pacific region, with about 34.6 million cases. At the same time, Japan had almost 34 million cases. At the beginning of the outbreak, people in South Korea had been optimistic and predicted that the number of cases would start to stabilize. What is SARS CoV 2?Novel coronavirus, officially known as SARS CoV 2, is a disease which causes respiratory problems which can lead to difficulty breathing and pneumonia. The illness is similar to that of SARS which spread throughout China in 2003. After the outbreak of the coronavirus, various businesses and shops closed to prevent further spread of the disease. Impacts from flight cancellations and travel plans were felt across the Asia-Pacific region. Many people expressed feelings of anxiety as to how the virus would progress. Impact throughout Asia-PacificThe Coronavirus and its variants have affected the Asia-Pacific region in various ways. Out of all Asia-Pacific countries, India was highly affected by the pandemic and experienced more than 50 thousand deaths. However, the country also saw the highest number of recoveries within the APAC region, followed by South Korea and Japan.

COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Kerala data was reported at 6,921,277.000 Case in 05 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,921,265.000 Case for 28 Apr 2025. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Kerala data is updated daily, averaging 6,547,507.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 May 2025, with 1587 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,921,277.000 Case in 05 May 2025 and a record low of 22.000 Case in 15 Mar 2020. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Kerala data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table IN.HLF006: Disease Outbreaks: Coronavirus 2019: MOHFW.

The dataset consists of total cases, new cases, new death, total test per day, etc. This can be used to predict future covid cases in India.

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India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Active Cases data was reported at 35.000 Case in 05 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 29.000 Case for 28 Apr 2025. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Active Cases data is updated daily, averaging 44,029.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 May 2025, with 1587 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,745,237.000 Case in 10 May 2021 and a record low of 1.000 Case in 24 Feb 2025. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Active Cases data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table IN.HLF006: Disease Outbreaks: Coronavirus 2019: MOHFW.

The Indian state of Punjab reported the highest number of active coronavirus (COVID-19) cases of over one thousand cases as of October 20, 2023. Kerala and Karnataka followed, with relatively lower casualties. That day, there were a total of over 44 million confirmed infections across India.

COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Tamil Nadu data was reported at 3,612,195.000 Case in 24 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3,612,195.000 Case for 17 Mar 2025. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Tamil Nadu data is updated daily, averaging 3,454,556.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 24 Mar 2025, with 1581 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,612,195.000 Case in 24 Mar 2025 and a record low of 1.000 Case in 18 Mar 2020. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Tamil Nadu data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table IN.HLF006: Disease Outbreaks: Coronavirus 2019: MOHFW.

COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Active Cases: Maharashtra data was reported at 5.000 Case in 05 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.000 Case for 28 Apr 2025. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Active Cases: Maharashtra data is updated daily, averaging 6,087.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 May 2025, with 1587 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 701,614.000 Case in 23 Apr 2021 and a record low of 0.000 Case in 21 Apr 2025. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Active Cases: Maharashtra data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table IN.HLF006: Disease Outbreaks: Coronavirus 2019: MOHFW.

Context

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Content

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Acknowledgements

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Case data from 03-10-2020 to 08-16-2020, this data repository stores COVID-19 virus case data for India, including the daily case, summary data, and base map. Each zip file contains weekly case data from Monday to Sunday.

Maharashtra confirmed over 8.1 million cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as of October 20, 2023, with over 148 thousand fatalities and over eight million recoveries. A state-wide lockdown was implemented in late April 2021 to attempt reducing infections and deaths.

The following is the dataset consisting of Covid19 cases in India since 10th march on a daily basis. It also contains statewide data. It has got separate for active, total, discharged cases and deaths.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is built by converting the JSON file available from the opensource website https://api.rootnet.in. URL for the json datafile: https://api.rootnet.in/covid19-in/stats/history

Inspiration

I struggled a lot to find data in the form of csv file for doing analysis of Covid19 impact on India but I wa u unable to find any good dataset. Hence I had to spend a lot of time learning how to extract JSON files and write codes to convert that into a usable form. Hence I thought I will upload it so that in future aspiring Data analysts can have easy access to the dataset.

Analysis of ‘COVID-19 India dataset’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/dhamur/covid19-india-dataset on 28 January 2022.

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 This data set contains the data of covid-19 Conformed, Recovered and Deaths in India. This data is took from the non-governmental organization. 

Website

COVID-19 Daily updates

My Github

Profile Data Set

Data collected from

COVID19-India - The data from 31-Jan-2020 to 31-Oct-2021. Remaining data from

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COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Cured/Discharged/Migrated: Delhi data was reported at 2,017,021.000 Case in 05 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,017,018.000 Case for 28 Apr 2025. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Cured/Discharged/Migrated: Delhi data is updated daily, averaging 1,871,311.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 May 2025, with 1587 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,017,021.000 Case in 05 May 2025 and a record low of 2.000 Case in 18 Mar 2020. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Cured/Discharged/Migrated: Delhi data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table IN.HLF006: Disease Outbreaks: Coronavirus 2019: MOHFW.

Analysis of ‘Covid_cases_in_India’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/luvharishkhati/covid-cases-in-india on 30 September 2021.

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Hello all, this notebook consists of the patients suffering from corona virus from various states of India. This pandemic started from Kerala and it spread all over. If you will try to analyze the dataset, you will come to know that Maharashtra state have large number of positive results, also the recovery rate is high over there. This notebook clearly categorizes the positive result, death rates and the recovery rates of different states. Data visualization is done here which makes the case study more attractive and informative.

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