DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down by 7,004 at 446,952; recovery rate at 93.81%

India on Sunday conducted 876,173 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 140,379,976. The test positivity rate recorded was 4.4%

After daily net additions to the count of active coronavirus cases for three days, India has reported reductions for three straight days now. The country’s number of active cases on Monday reached 446,952 with another net reduction of 7,004. Overall, India added 45,333 cases to take its tally to 9,431,691.

 

National capital Delhi, witnessing a third wave of infections, reported an increase of 4,906 cases and 68 more deaths in the past 24 hours. Its tally now stands at 566,648, and death toll at 9,066. 

 

With 45,333 new cured cases in a day, India’s recovered cases have reached