DATA STORY: India adds 39,070 new cases; active cases decline further

India has so far administered 506,810,492 vaccine doses. That is 1587.03 per cent of its total caseload, and 36.333 per cent of its population

India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 5,331 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 406,822. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.49 per cent (one in 40). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 39,070 cases to take its total caseload to 31,934,455 from 31,895,385 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 491 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 427,862, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,591,657 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count