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DATA STORY: India's Covid vaccination now at 7.6% of tally; 0.06% population inoculated

India on Wednesday conducted 780,835 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 189,347,782. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.9%

A health worker shows a Covidshield vaccine vial, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at RML Hospital in New Delhi.
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India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 4,893 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 192308, the lowest since June 26 and 81.10 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases has declined to 0.76 per cent (one in 132). The country is 13th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 15,223 cases to take its total caseload to 10,610,883. And, with 151 new fatalities its Covid-19 death toll reached 152,869, or 1.44 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
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