DATA STORY: With a net reduction of 15,064, India's active cases at lowest since Sep 11

The country reported 776 fatalities in 24 hours, the fewest in a day since August 3, to take its Covid-19 death toll to 96,318

India on Tuesday reported its ninth net decline in active coronavirus cases within 11 days — a cumulative reduction of 70,178 during the period — taking its count of active cases to 947,576, the lowest since September 11. With 776 fatalities in 24 hours, the fewest in a day since August 3, the country’s death toll reached 96,318.
 
An addition of 70,589 to total cases — the smallest single-day rise since September 1 — meanwhile, took the country’s overall coronavirus tally to 6,145,291. And a single-day jump of 84,877 in the number of cured cases pushed Covid-19 recoveries in