DATA STORY: Active Covid cases down 9.7% in a day globally, 2% in India

With 435,527 more vaccine shots being administered on Monday, the total number of people inoculated in India has reached 8,720,822 - that is 79.82% of its total caseload, and 0.6281% of population

India on Tuesday reported a net reduction of 2,765 – or about two per cent from the previous day – to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 136,872. This is 86.55 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. Globally, there was a 9.71 per cent reduction in active cases in a day – from 25,353,886 on Monday to 22,890,982. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.60 per cent (one in 167). The country is 17^th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 9,121 cases to take its total