DATA STORY: Global active cases top 15 mn; India's share shrinks to 3.16%

India's new daily closed cases stand at 42603 - 447 deaths and 42156 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.05%

While the number of active coronavirus cases globally crossed the 15-million mark on Sunday to stand at 15,147,742, India’s share of these, at 479,216, shrank to just 3.16 per cent, or 1 in every 33 active infections. The country has shown a net decline in active cases for 43 days in a row, suggesting a major cooling off in its Covid-19 situation. Even so, national capital Delhi is witnessing a third wave of surge. On Sunday it added 7,340 cases to take its tally to 482,170.
 
Meanwhile, an addition of 44,684 to the total number of infections pushed India’s