DATA STORY: India adds 53,001 new cases; active cases drop below 100,000

India has so far administered 254,849,301 vaccine doses. That is 863.59 per cent of its total caseload, and 18.29 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net reduction of 53,001 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 973,158. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 8.01 per cent (one in 12). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 70,421 cases to take its total caseload to 29,510,410. And, with 3,921 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 374,305, or 1.27 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,499,771 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 254,849,301.