DATA STORY: India vaccinates over 2 mn in a day; total now at 205% of Covid caseload

India on Monday conducted 748,525 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 222,716,796. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.1%

India on Tuesday reported a net reduction of 1,285 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 187,462. That is 81.58 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.86 per cent (one in 116). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 15,388 cases to take its total caseload to 11,244,786. And, with 77 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 157,930, or 1.40 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With as many as 2,019,723 more people