DATA STORY: India adds 84,332 new coronavirus cases, fewest in 70 days

India has so far administered 249,600,304vaccine doses. That is 850.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 17.92 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 40,981) in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,080,690. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 8.8 per cent (one in 11). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 84,332 cases to take its total caseload to 29,359,155. And, with 4,002 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 367,081, or 1.25 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,433,763 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 249,600,304.