Data story: India logs 1,778 new cases; death toll rises to 516,605

India has so far administered 1,818,915,234 vaccine doses. That is 4228.78 per cent of its total caseload, and 129.67 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 826 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 23,087. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.04 per cent (one in 2,500). The country is seventy-third among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 1,778 cases to take its total caseload to 43,012,749 from 43,010,971 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 62 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 516,605, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,053,897 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count