DATA STORY: Global active Covid cases top 20 mn; India's share down to 1.78%

India on Friday conducted 1,065,176 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 152,697,399. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.8%

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 3,930 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 359,819, 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 has gone past the 20-million mark. The country added 30,006 to take its total caseload to 9,826,775. And with 442 new fatalities being reported in a day, its Covid-19 death toll reached 142,628, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.