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

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.