DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases increase by 1,215 to 440,962

India on Saturday conducted 1,075,326 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 131,733,134. The test positivity rate recorded was 4.2%

After registering daily net reductions in active coronavirus cases for 47 days in a row, India has now reported an increase in the count of active cases twice in three days. On Sunday, its total number of active cases rose by 1,215 to 440,962. The country, ranking sixth globally on this parameters, now accounts for 2.65 per cent of all active cases across the world, or one in every 38. Overall, the country added 43,493 cases to take its tally to 9,095,806.
 
National capital Delhi, which is witnessing a third wave of infections, reported an increase of 5,879 cases