DATA STORY: India logs 10,302 new cases; death toll rises to 465,349

India has so far administered 1,157,969,274 vaccine doses. That is 3356.44 per cent of its total caseload, and 82.8 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 1,752 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 124,868. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.63 per cent (one in 156). The country is eighteenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 10,302 cases to take its total caseload to 34,499,925 from 34,489,623 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 267 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 465,349, or 1.35 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,159,931 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count