
1. COVID19 new case count increased by 58,082 to the total of 26,47,304 on 16th August 2020 with 7-days growth rate of 2.58% and a doubling period of 27.15 days. It seems that India is still away from its peak and a conclusive trend reversal is elusive.
2. The 7-days growth rate of the active cases was 0.93% with a doubling period of 74.5 days with the active case count of 6,78,183 on 16th August 2020. Active cases are continuously increasing.