DATA STORY: India sees minor reduction in active Covid cases after 5 days of surge

India has so far vaccinated 14,854,136 people. That is 133.54 per cent of its total caseload, and 1.0694 per cent of its population

After five straight days of net increase in active coronavirus cases, India on Tuesday reported a net decline of 269 to take the count to 168,358. This is 83.46 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.77 per cent (one in 130). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 12,286 cases to take its total caseload to 11,124,527. And, with 91 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 157248, or 1.41 per cent of total confirmed infections.