DATA STORY: India's biggest 24-hr fall in active cases yet, lowest tally spike since July 18

India now accounts for 6.00% of all active cases globally (one in every 17 active cases), and 10.26% of all deaths (one in every 10 deaths)

In some relief at the coronavirus pandemic front, India on Tuesday reported its lowest single-day spike in total cases, at of 36,470, and its biggest single-day net reduction in active cases yet. With a decline of 27,860, the country’s total count of active cases shrank to 625,857, the lowest level since August 8 and 39 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754.
 
The 63,842 additional cured cases reported on Tuesday took the number of recovered patients in the country to 7,201,070, or 90.62 per cent of all confirmed cases so far. Meanwhile, with 488 more fatalities