DATA STORY: India reports fewest Covid-19 deaths in a day since June 8

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 252 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 281,667, the lowest since July 10 and 72.32 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 1.28 per cent (one in 78). The country added 22,273 cases to take its total caseload to 10,169,118. And with 251 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 147,343, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India