DATA STORY: Death toll rises to 478,759; active cases see minor spike

India has so far administered 1,396,976,774 vaccine doses. That is 4018.22 per cent of its total caseload, and 99.86 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 101 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 78,291. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.34 per cent (one in 294). The country is twenty-ninth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 7,495 cases to take its total caseload to 34,765,976 from 34,758,481 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 434 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 478,759, or 1.38 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,017,671 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count