DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down 73% from peak, now at 1.26% of global count

India on Sunday conducted 715,397 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 168,818,054. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.8%

India on Monday reported a net reduction of 1389 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 277,301, the lowest since July 10 and 72.75 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 1.26 per cent (one in 79). The country added 20,021 cases, to take its total caseload to 10,207,871. And, with 279 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 147,901, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India