DATA STORY: India adds 100,636 new cases, lowest jump since April 5

India has so far administered 232,786,482 vaccine doses. That is 808.05 per cent of its total caseload, and 16.71% of its population

India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 76,190 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,401,609. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 10.80 per cent (one in 8). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 100,636 cases to take its total caseload to 28,909,975. And, with 2,427 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 349,186, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,587,589 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 366,334,111.