DATA STORY: 9,216 cases added; active cases rise for the second day

India has so far administered 1,257,505,514 vaccine doses. That is 3632.75 per cent of its total caseload, and 89.89 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 213 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 99,976. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.48 per cent (one in 208). The country is twenty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 9,216 cases to take its total caseload to 34,615,757 from 34,606,541 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 391 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 470,115, or 1.36 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,367,230 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count