DATA STORY: Over 1 mn tests in a day, coronavirus tally up by nearly 70k

India now accounts for 10.56% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 6.95% of all deaths (one in every 14)

India on Friday conducted more than 1 million coronavirus tests, for the first time yet. On Saturday it reported its biggest single-day spike in number of confirmed cases (69,878) to take its tally to 2,975,701.

The number of recovered cases also rose by the most in a day (63,631), pushing India’s recovery rate to 74.69 per cent. The country’s Covid-19 death toll, meanwhile, reached 55,794, with 945 fatalities being reported in a day.

Now the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, India has added 449,509 cases in the past 7 days alone. Here are the key