DATA STORY: India adds 22,854 Covid cases in biggest single-day spike since Dec 25

India has so far vaccinated 25,685,011 people. That is 227.617 per cent of its total caseload, and 1.8487 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 4,628 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 189,226. That is 81.41 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.87 per cent (one in 115). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 22,854 cases, the most in a day since December 25, to take its total caseload to 11,285,561. And, with 126 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 158,189, or 1.40 per cent of total confirmed infections.