DATA STORY: India's lowest single-day rise in Covid tally since July 10; share of global active cases down at 2%

With biggest single-day net reduction since Nov 16, India now is 8th-worst-hit globally by active cases. On Tuesday it saw lowest single-day jump in tally since July 10, fewest deaths since July 3

India on Tuesday saw a set of positive indicators in its Covid-19 story. With its biggest single-day net reduction in active cases since Nov 16, it became the eight-worst-hit country globally on this count. India’s share of total active cases globally has now fallen to just 1.98 per cent, or one in 51.
 
The country now has 383,866 active cases, which is the lowest level since July 19. It added 26,567, the lowest single-day jump since July 10, to take its total caseload to 9,703,770. And at 385, the number of Covid-19 deaths reported in a day was the