DATA STORY: India adds more than 200,000 Covid cases in sharpest spike ever

India has so far vaccinated 114,493,238 people. That is 812.15 per cent of its total caseload, and 7.9953 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 106,173 in active coronavirus cases, the most ever in a day, to take its count to 1,471,877. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 6.07 per cent (one in 16). The country is 3rd among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thurrsday, it added 200,739 cases, the most in a day yet, to take its total caseload to 14,074,564. And, with 1,038 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 173,123, or 1.23 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,313,848 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots