DATA STORY: First daily increase of less than 300,000 Covid cases in 25 days

India has so far administered 182,926,460 vaccine doses. That is 732.72 per cent of its total caseload, and 13.14 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net reduction of 101,461 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,516,997. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 20.68 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 281,386 cases to take its total caseload to 24,965,463. And, with 4,106 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 274,390, or 1.10 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 691,211 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 182,926,460.