Maharashtra, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu continue to lead in the number of active cases, and together have 60% of them. The death count is led by Maharashtra, Delhi and Gujarat—which have a 69% share of the national toll.The death trajectory has become steeper for three southern states in the last fortnight.
Based on seven-day rolling averages, Karnataka has reported a 74% jump in death toll in the last week. This spike was 40% for Tamil Nadu and 38% for Andhra Pradesh.
The seven-day rolling averages have been considered for these calculations since they minimize the effect of volatile and delayed reporting.With this, Tamil Nadu (1,700 deaths) is now fast approaching Gujarat (1,993) in terms of the death count.