DATA STORY: Active cases see marginal decline as caseload crosses 33 mn

India has so far administered 687,541,762 vaccine doses. That is 2081.71 per cent of its total caseload, and 49.27 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net decrease of 5,174 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 404,874. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.14 per cent (one in 47). The country is seventh among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 38,948 cases to take its total caseload to 33,027,621 from 32,988,673 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 219 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 440,752, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,523,089 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count