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DATA STORY: Delhi suffers 131 Covid deaths, its highest single-day fatality yet

India on Wednesday conducted 1,028,203 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 128,508,389. The test positivity rate recorded was 4.4%

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Even as India on Thursday overall continued its net daily reduction in active coronavirus cases for 47th straight day, showing a clear relief on the pandemic front, national capital Delhi reported another bad day, with 131 Covid-19 deaths, its highest single-day fatality figure so far. While the city’s tally of cases went past the 500,000 mark with an addition of 7486 in a day, its death toll reached 7,943.
 
The country, meanwhile, reported a reduction of 3,502 in its number of active cases to 443,303, down by 501,693 in the past 47 days. An addition of 45,576 to the