India reports lowest active number of Covid cases

India reported its lowest active number of novel coronavirus cases in seven months yesterday, a year after the virus was first confirmed in the country.

A year ago, a student from the southern state of Kerala tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to India from Wuhan in China, the global epicentre of the virus.

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To arrest the spread of the virus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government imposed a nationwide lockdown on the 1.3 billion population in late March.

The lockdown crippled India's economy, which is set to contract 7.7% in the current fiscal year to March 31.