DATA STORY: India reports fewest Covid-19 deaths in a day since July 7

Karnataka has reported 3014 cases to take its tally to 823412 and become the second-most-affected state of India, overtaking Andhra Pradesh by total cases

Continuing with its trend of daily reductions in active coronavirus case count, India on Sunday reported a net decline of 12191 to bring its number of active cases down to 570,458, the lowest since August 2 and 44 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. The 470 Covid-19 fatalities recorded across the country on Saturday, the fewest in a day since July 7, took the death toll to 122,111.
 
With 58684 new cured cases in a day, the country’s recovered cases reached 7491513, or 91.54 per cent of all confirmed cases so far. Overall, the total