DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases now under 800,000, down 22% from peak

India's new daily closed cases stand at 71,653 - 837 deaths and 70816 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.19%

India on Saturday reported another net reduction 9,441 in active coronavirus cases to bring its count under 800,000 for the first time since September 1 – and 22 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754.
 
The country has reported as many as 1,336,770 cured coronavirus cases in October so far, including 70,816 on Saturday, taking its total recovery to 6,524,595, or 87.78 per cent of all confirmed cases. Overall, an addition of 62,212 cases took India’s tally of confirmed cases to 7,432,680. With 837 deaths, the total Covid-19 death toll reached 112,998.
 
The second-most-affected country