DATA STORY: Active cases see net increase for the first time in 10 days

India has so far administered 595,504,593 vaccine doses. That is 1831.62 per cent of its total caseload, and 42.68 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 2,776 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 322,327. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.79 per cent (one in 56). The country is tenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 37,593 cases to take its total caseload to 32,512,366 from 32,474,773 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 648 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 435,758, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,190,930 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count