DATA STORY: India's Covid toll tops 150,000, active cases down 78% from peak

India on Tuesday conducted 931,408 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 177,463,405. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.9%

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 3,490 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 227,546, the lowest since July 3 and 78 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 0.99 per cent (one in 101). The country added 18,088 cases to take its total caseload to 10,374,932. And, with 264 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll topped the 150,000 mark, at 150,114, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
The count of recovered