DATA STORY: India adds 36,401 cases; testing crosses 500 mn milestone

India has so far administered 566,488,433 vaccine doses. That is 1752.62 per cent of its total caseload, and 40.6 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 3,286 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 364,129. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.08 per cent (one in 48). The country is tenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 36,401 cases to take its total caseload to 32,322,258 from 32,285,857 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 530 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 433,049, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,636,336 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count