DATA STORY: India's active cases down by nearly half a million in 46 days

With 44739 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has risen to 93.52%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.47%

India on Wednesday reported another net reduction in its count of active coronavirus cases. In 46 straight days of decline, the country’s active cases have come down by nearly half a million to 446,805. This is 56 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. An addition of 38,617 to the overall case tally, meanwhile, pushed India’s total number of infections to 8,912,907 on Wednesday.
 
The country’s share of active cases globally has now shrunk to 2.86 per cent, or one in every 35. As many as 44,739 new cured cases in a day pushed India’s recovered