DATA STORY: Covid vaccination in India tops 1 mn; 0.075% of population inoculated

India on Thursday conducted 800,242 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 190,148,024. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.8%

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 3,620 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 188688, the lowest since June 25 and 81.46 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases has declined to 0.74 per cent (one in 135). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 14,545 cases to take its total caseload to 10,625,428. And, with 163 new fatalities its Covid-19 death toll reached 153,032, or 1.44 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
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