
Spread of COVID-19 in India
Since the beginning of the pandemic until January 30th, 2023, a total of 44,682,437 infected people and 530,739 deaths have been reported in India.The total of 44,682,437 infected people currently represents 3.2 percent of the total population. The number of new infections during the seven days preceding January 30th, 2023, was 787, for a 7-day incidence of 0.1 cases per 100,000 population. In the same week, eleven people died from (or with) COVID-19. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, this results in a mortality rate of about 1.2 percent in India.
Current vaccination status
According to official WHO data, a total of 2.15 billion vaccine doses have been administered as of January 24th, 2023. There are 1.03 billion people who have received at least one vaccination (74.3 percent). The booster vaccination was received by 225.92 million people (16.4 percent).951.66 million of these are considered fully vaccinated in India (= 69.0 percent).
This means that India is still among the fairly good midfield countries in terms of vaccination coverage. The vaccination rate is higher in 86 countries.
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers daily. A list of all infections and deaths by country can be found on our COVID-19 virus topic page.
Weight and size
Male | Female | |
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Body height | 166 cm | 155 cm |
BMI | 21.7 | 21.9 |
Weight | 59.6 kg | 52.5 kg |
Diseases
India | Ø worldwide | |
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Diabetes * | 10.40% | 8.81% |
Tuberculosis | 2.10‰ | 1.34‰ |
Malaria | 0.5% | 5.7% |
* The number of people suffering from diabetes refers only to inhabitants aged between 20 and 79 years.
Child vaccinations
India | Ø worldwide | |
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Measles | 89.0% | 81.7% |
Hepatitis B | 0.09% | 0.08% |
Tetanus | 9.0% | 0.0% |
DTP * | 8.50% | 8.14% |
* DTP is a combined basic vaccination against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus, which should be given to children up to the age of 23 months.
In India, 27.2 percent of all over 15-year-olds are still smokers.
Medical supplies

With about one million physicians in India, there are about 0.78 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1,000 inhabitants and in the EU is 3.57.
Through medical care, the mortality rate of major known diseases can be reduced as far as possible. For example, only about 22 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) currently die.