DATA STORY: India's active cases at 455,555; recovery rate falls to 93.65%

India on Thursday conducted 1,131,204 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 137,062,749. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.8%

Reversing a fairly consistent trend of daily net reductions, India’s count of active coronavirus cases has been rising again for the past three days. With an addition of 3,211, the number reached 455,555, or 2.60 per cent (one in 38) of all active cases globally. Overall, the country added 43,082 cases to take its tally to 9,309,787.
 
National capital Delhi, which is witnessing a third wave of infections, reported an increase of 5,475 cases and 91 more deaths in the past 24 hours. Its tally now stands at 551,262, and death toll at 8,811.
 
With 39,379 new cured