DATA STORY: Delhi adds 1,363 Covid-19 cases, fewest in a day since Sep 1

India on Thursday conducted 1,113,406 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 158,918,646. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.1%

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 8535 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 313,831, the lowest level since July 14. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 1.51 per cent (one in 66). The country added 22,890 cases to take its total caseload to 9,979,447. And with 338 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 144,789, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India now stands at 9,520,827 – or 95.40 per cent of total