DATA STORY: Maharashtra reports zero new Covid cases; Delhi's positivity rate under 2%

India on Wednesday conducted 1,158,960 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 157,805,240. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.1%

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 9636 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 322,366, the lowest level since July 15. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down at 1.57 per cent (one in 64). The country added 24,010 cases to take its total caseload to 9,956,557. And with 355 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 144,451, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.

The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India now stands at 9,489,740 – or 95.31 per cent of total