DATA STORY: India adds 80,834 new cases; vaccination crosses 250 mn -mark

India has so far administered 253,195,048 vaccine doses. That is 860.03 per cent of its total caseload, and 18.17 per cent of its population

India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 54,531 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,026,159. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 8.4 per cent (one in 11). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 80,834 cases to take its total caseload to 29,439,989. And, with 3,303 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 370,384, or 1.26 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,484,239 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 253,195,048.