DATA STORY: India adds 161,736 Covid cases in a day, reports 879 deaths

India has so far vaccinated 108,533,085 people. That is 792.82 per cent of its total caseload, and 7.8049 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net increase of 63,689 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,264,698, the most at any time since the outbreak early last year. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 5.30 per cent (one in 19). The country is 3rd among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 161,736 cases to take its total caseload to 13,689,453. And, with 879 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 171,058, or 1.25 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 4,004,521 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots on