DATA STORY: With sharp drop in active cases, India now 9th-worst-hit globally by this measure

India on Tuesday conducted 1,022,712 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 149,836,767. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.1%

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 4,957 to bring its count of active coronavirus cases down to 378,909, the lowest level since July 19. With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India’s share of global active coronavirus cases is down to 1.94 per cent (one in 52) and its position among the most-affected countries by this measure, accordingly, has dropped to ninth.
 
The country added 32,080 to take its total caseload to 9,735,850. And with 402 new fatalities being reported in a day, its Covid-19 death toll reached 141,360, or 1.45 per cent of total confirmed infections.