DATA STORY: Delhi suffers over 100 Covid deaths in a day for the first time

India on Thursday conducted 1,139,230 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 123,101,739. The test positivity rate recorded on Thursday was 3.9%

Amid a surge in its daily addition to confirmed cases, contrary to the nationwide trend of cooling off, national capital Delhi on Friday also suffered its highest single-day fatalities, at 104. Witnessing a third wave of surge in infections, Delhi added 7,953 cases in a day, taking its tally to 467,028.
 
Meanwhile, continuing its trend of daily net reduction in active coronavirus cases, India reported a drop of 4747 on Friday to 484,547. An addition of 44,879 to the total number of infections has pushed India’s tally to 8,728,795.
 
Now, India’s share of the active cases worldwide has