DATA STORY: India now accounts for one in 37 active Covid cases globally

India on Friday conducted 1,066,022 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 130,657,808. The test positivity rate recorded was 4.3%

A day after registering its first net increase in active coronavirus cases in 48 days, India on Saturday again went back to reporting daily reductions. The count of active cases across the country now stands at 439,747, with decline of 4,047 being reported on Saturday. This is 2.68 per cent of the 6,165,095 active cases globally, or one in every 37. Overall, the country added 46,232 cases to take its tally to 9,050,597.
 
National capital Delhi, which is witnessing a third wave of infections, reported an increase of 6,608 cases and 118 more deaths – the most in a