DATA STORY: After two days of net reduction, India's active Covid cases up by 6,426

India has so far administered 177,214,256 vaccine doses. That is 747.65 per cent of its total caseload, and 12.73 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 6,426 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,710,525. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 20.74 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 362,727 cases to take its total caseload to 23,703,665. And, with 4,120 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 258,317, or 1.09 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,894,991 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 177,214,256.