DATA STORY: India adds fewest daily cases since Aug 18, sees fewest deaths since Jul 28

The second-biggest single-day net reduction yet brought the count of active cases down to 838,729, the least since September 4

India on Tuesday reported an addition of 55,342 to total count of coronavirus cases, its smallest single-day spike since August 18. With this, the tally reached 7,175,880, rising just 0.8 per cent over a day earlier. The 706 fatalities reported in 24 hours – the fewest since July 28 – took the country’s Covid-19 death toll to 109,856.
 
The country, meanwhile, also saw its second-biggest single-day net reduction of 23,124 to bring its number of active cases down to 838,729, the least since September 4. With 77,760 recoveries in a day, the total number of cured Covid-19 patients in