India’s active cases drop below 100,000 for the first time in 18 months

With 99,023 active infections across India as of Wednesday morning, the case burden on the country is at the lowest since June 2, 2020 – a time when the first wave of the pandemic was just beginning.

After a gap of nearly 18 months, the number of active cases of Covid-19 across India has dropped to fewer than 100,000 – a remarkable and encouraging statistic for a country the size of India. With 99,023 active infections across India as of Wednesday morning, the case burden on the country is at the lowest since June 2, 2020 – a time when the first wave of the pandemic was just beginning.

The rate of Covid 19 vaccine administration across the country appears to be rising again with 8.1 million daily shots administered on average in the past week(HT Photo/Sunil Ghosh)