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DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down 82% from peak; 0.114% population inoculated

India on Saturday conducted 781,752 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 191,766,871. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.9%

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India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 1,254 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 184408, the lowest since June 24 and 81.88 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases has declined to 0.72 per cent (one in 141). The country is 13th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 14,849 cases to take its total caseload to 10,654,533. And, with 155 new fatalities its Covid-19 death toll reached 153,339, or 1.44 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
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