DATA STORY: Delhi's testing hits new high, positivity rate down at 1.9%

India on Tuesday conducted 1,085,625 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 156,646,280. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.4%

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 7818 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 332,002, the lowest level since July 16. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 1.64 per cent (one in 61). The country added 26,382 cases to take its total caseload to 9,932,547. And with 387 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 144,096, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India now stands at 9,456,449 – or 95.21 per cent of total