DATA STORY: India now 13th among most affected countries by active Covid cases

India on Thursday conducted 935,369 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 179,336,364. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.9%

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 26,34 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 225449, and 77.84 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases has declined to 0.98 per cent (one in 102). With this, the country has now down to 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 18,139 cases to take its total caseload to 10,413,417. And, with 234 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 150,570, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus