DATA STORY: At 168,627, India's active Covid cases back to Jan-end level

India on Sunday conducted 627,668 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 216,858,774. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.5%

India on Monday reported a net increase of 4,116 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 168,627, the highest level since January 31. This is 83.43 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.77 per cent (one in 130). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 15,510 cases to take its total caseload to 11,112,241. And, with 106 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 157,157, or 1.41 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
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