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.

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.

India recorded 29427330 Coronavirus Recovered since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, India reported 476135 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for India Coronavirus Recovered.

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.

A majority of the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India affected people between ages 31 and 40 years as of October 18, 2021. Of these, the highest share of deaths during the measured time period was observed in people under the age of 50 years.

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.

India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Migrated data was reported at 1.000 Case in 27 Jul 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.000 Case for 26 Jul 2020. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Migrated data is updated daily, averaging 1.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 27 Jul 2020, with 125 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.000 Case in 27 Jul 2020 and a record low of 1.000 Case in 27 Jul 2020. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Migrated 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 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, dubbed COVID-19, is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting millions of people globally. The contagious Coronavirus, which broke out at the close of 2019, has led to a medical emergency across the world, with the World Health Organization officially declaring the novel Coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Read More

Covid stringency index in India, December, 2022 The most recent value is 29 index as of December 2022, a decline compared to the previous value of 31 index. Historically, the average for India from February 2020 to December 2022 is 59 index. The minimum of 10 index was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 99 index was reached in April 2020. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Identifying changes in the reproduction number, rate of spread, and doubling time during the course of the COVID-19 outbreak whilst accounting for potential biases due to delays in case reporting both nationally and subnationally in India. These results are impacted by changes in testing effort, increases and decreases in testing effort will increase and decrease reproduction number estimates respectively.

India tested over 935 million samples for the coronavirus (COVID-19) as of October 20, 2023. The number of people infected with the virus was coming down across the south Asian country. The country was hit with a second wave in March 2021, leading to a collapse of the healthcare system.

India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Cured/Discharged data was reported at 44,511,086.000 Case in 05 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 44,511,058.000 Case for 28 Apr 2025. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Cured/Discharged data is updated daily, averaging 42,598,052.500 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 May 2025, with 1578 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45,002,325.000 Case in 05 Dec 2023 and a record low of 42.000 Case in 25 Mar 2020. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Cured/Discharged 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.

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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 positive rate in India, June, 2022 The most recent value is 0.02 rate as of June 2022, an increase compared to the previous value of 0.01 rate. Historically, the average for India from March 2020 to June 2022 is 0.05 rate. The minimum of 0 rate was recorded in March 2022, while the maximum of 0.17 rate was reached in May 2021. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

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India marks one COVID-19 death every 5 minutes

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People across India scrambled for life-saving oxygen supplies on Friday and patients lay dying outside hospitals as the capital recorded the equivalent of one death from COVID-19 every five minutes.

For the second day running, the country’s overnight infection total was higher than ever recorded anywhere in the world since the pandemic began last year, at 332,730.

India’s second wave has hit with such ferocity that hospitals are running out of oxygen, beds, and anti-viral drugs. Many patients have been turned away because there was no space for them, doctors in Delhi said.

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Mass cremations have been taking place as the crematoriums have run out of space. Ambulance sirens sounded throughout the day in the deserted streets of the capital, one of India’s worst-hit cities, where a lockdown is in place to try and stem the transmission of the virus. source

Dataset

The dataset consists of the tweets made with the #IndiaWantsOxygen hashtag covering the tweets from the past week. The dataset totally consists of 25,440 tweets and will be updated on a daily basis.

The description of the features is given below | No |Columns | Descriptions | | -- | -- | -- | | 1 | user_name | The name of the user, as they’ve defined it. | | 2 | user_location | The user-defined location for this account’s profile. | | 3 | user_description | The user-defined UTF-8 string describing their account. | | 4 | user_created | Time and date, when the account was created. | | 5 | user_followers | The number of followers an account currently has. | | 6 | user_friends | The number of friends an account currently has. | | 7 | user_favourites | The number of favorites an account currently has | | 8 | user_verified | When true, indicates that the user has a verified account | | 9 | date | UTC time and date when the Tweet was created | | 10 | text | The actual UTF-8 text of the Tweet | | 11 | hashtags | All the other hashtags posted in the tweet along with #IndiaWantsOxygen | | 12 | source | Utility used to post the Tweet, Tweets from the Twitter website have a source value - web | | 13 | is_retweet | Indicates whether this Tweet has been Retweeted by the authenticating user. |

Acknowledgements

https://globalnews.ca/news/7785122/india-covid-19-hospitals-record/ Image courtesy: BBC and Reuters

Inspiration

The past few days have been really depressing after seeing these incidents. These tweets are the voice of the indians requesting help and people all over the globe asking their own countries to support India by providing oxygen tanks.

And I strongly believe that this is not just some data, but the pure emotions of people and their call for help. And I hope we as data scientists could contribute on this front by providing valuable information and insights.

COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Bihar data was reported at 855,691.000 Case in 05 May 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 855,691.000 Case for 28 Apr 2025. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Bihar data is updated daily, averaging 830,695.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 May 2025, with 1580 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 855,691.000 Case in 05 May 2025 and a record low of 2.000 Case in 23 Mar 2020. COVID-19: As on Date: Number of Confirmed Cases: Bihar 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.

India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Confirmed Cases: Foreign National data was reported at 111.000 Case in 10 May 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 111.000 Case for 09 May 2020. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Confirmed Cases: Foreign National data is updated daily, averaging 71.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 10 May 2020, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 111.000 Case in 10 May 2020 and a record low of 17.000 Case in 16 Mar 2020. India COVID-19: As on Date: Total Number of Confirmed Cases: Foreign National 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.

India COVID-19: Number of Confirmed Cases Being Assigned to States to Initiate Contact Tracing data was reported at 163.000 Case in 18 Jul 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 531.000 Case for 17 Jul 2020. India COVID-19: Number of Confirmed Cases Being Assigned to States to Initiate Contact Tracing data is updated daily, averaging 4,913.000 Case from Mar 2020 (Median) to 18 Jul 2020, with 77 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,265.000 Case in 20 Jun 2020 and a record low of 9.000 Case in 28 Mar 2020. India COVID-19: Number of Confirmed Cases Being Assigned to States to Initiate Contact Tracing 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.