DATA STORY: India's Covid tally close to 6 mn; active cases at lowest since Sep 11

India’s total count of confirmed coronavirus cases is only 7,468 shy of the six-million mark now. With a daily increase of 88,600, the total rose to 5,992,532 on Sunday from 5,903,932 a day before. Active cases in the country saw another decline (of 4,567) to 956,402 – the lowest level since 943,480 on September 11. The number of active cases has seen a net decline of 61,353 in the past nine days.
 
A jump of 92,043 in the number of cured cases, meanwhile, pushed recoveries in the country to 4,941,627, or 82.46 per cent all infections reported so far.