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Percentages of Covid Cases by State versus Percentage of Each State's Population  This graph gives a comparison between percentage of Covid cases by state and percentage of each state's population, both against national totals. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi have disproportionately high percentages of cases, compared to their population percentages from the national population. Uttar Pradesh seems to have been terrific in controlling the spread of the virus. Superimposing percentage of Covid tests by state on this data will give a very important perspective, although that data is not easily available.

Analysing  India's Covid-19 data by State Based on data available publicly, here’s some analysis by state on the COVID-19 cases and recoveries in India (on 04-Sep-20): Since its first novel coronavirus case in Jan-20, India has had a total of 3936747 cases. This is 15% of the total cases in the world. Percentage recovery in India is at 77% , while worldwide it is 67% . Percentage fatalities in India are 1.74% ; worldwide they stand at 3.31%. Within India’s states, Maharashtra contributed to over 20% of nationwide cases. Percentage of fatalities in Maharashtra compared to the total in India too is highest at over 1 5% . Given the varying populations of India’s states, comparing absolute numbers is misleading. Here, the linear scale used is number of cases by million in each state, along with the population density of each state (graph below). Among states, Delhi stands out with its population density way higher than that of any other state. Expectedly, it also has a very hi...