DATA STORY: Recovered Covid cases globally top 50 mn; India accounts for 19% of them

India on Saturday conducted 1,014,434 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 153,711,833. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.0%

India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 3,273 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 356,546, the lowest level since July 18. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down to 1.78 per cent (one in 55), even as the total number of active cases globally is now past the 20-million mark. The country added 30,254 to take its total caseload to 9,857,029. And with 391 new fatalities being reported in a day, its Covid-19 death toll reached 143,019, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.