
1. COVID19 new case count increased by 54,300 to the total of 27,01,604 on 17th August 2020 with 7-days growth rate of 2.53% and a doubling period of 27.7 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 0.72% with a doubling period of 95.8 days with the active case count of 6,73,431 on 17th August 2020. Active cases are continuously increasing.