DATA STORY: First time since June 27, India's active Covid cases under 200,000

The country's now vaccination at 6.38% of its Covid tally; 0.05% population inoculated

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 3,327 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 197,201, the lowest since June 27 and 80.62 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases has declined to 0.78 per cent (one in 128). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 13,823 cases to take its total caseload to 10,595,660. And, with 182 new fatalities its Covid-19 death toll reached 152,718, or 1.44 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
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