DATA STORY: India's daily new active Covid cases go up after 41 days; cured cases top 10 mn

India on Wednesday conducted 937,590 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 178,400,995. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.2%

India on Thursday reported a rise of 537, the first daily net increase in 41 days, to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 228083, and 77.58 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.01 per cent (one in 100). The country added 20,346 cases to take its total caseload to 10,395,278. And, with 222 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 150,336, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India went past the 10-million mark, at